3/03/2005

Un intended Journey

There is a certain, sad obstinance
to the grainy leather of soul, which
when rubbed habitually worn-shine
that even age cannot mimic...

why do you worry so? In the end
there is naught but the beginning

rewound, re-played, theorized,
thinning, over-used and badgered

(haircloth of thought stretched tightly
around the fragile body parts of longing)

I have been there... too many times
in many forms, but always there

like the cycles of worm, cocoon,

glorious agitated flight-

straight into the grisly teeth of death...

Soon, you will remember the quiet days,
count them as stamens in mouth of flowers,
every yellow pollen appreciated for its

unintended, ill-conceived journey.

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