Sunday, April 29, 2007

On Disappointment

A well-hewn blade
strikes me
here, across the chest
stealing from me
at first
my breath
then my hope
then my dreams;
it’s tip poisoned,
I know now,
systemic paralysis
its end: the body, the mind,
the soul.
Kneel here quietly.
My chin ought not be raised
today.


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