Wednesday, July 31, 2013

He Said Valentine

Come inside
the whole yard
belongs to one starling
black backward slash
bouncing across
the red brick sentences
so much easier to lose
something than to find it
yet here we sit he said
though it’s not just to satisfy us
a goddess or friendly demon
occupies the facilities
dictating feelings
our flesh their battlefields
but what if after all this
we are only at the first grade
of suffering

1 comment:

William Keckler said...

Terrible thought! Love it.