Archive for February, 2010
Exhaustion
It had been a bad day
in a bad month
in a series of bad years
that blurred together
nothing ever seemed to change
a Chinese water torture of sameness
drop
after
drop
after
drop
after
drop
of mundane sameness
vanilla…
he was tired, no more than that
he was fatigued, exhausted
exhausted
as usual
from the grinding repetition
of shaving
of brushing
of showering
every day
day in
day out
He felt a cost, a visceral gasp
a spiritual ache
somehow…
in something
somewhere [...]
Strangers Come and Strangers Go . . .
strangers come and strangers go
what is a stranger I will never know
is it a friend?
recognizable but distant
smiling with arms crossed
nodding with eyes turning away
fumbling with an iPhone
scanning the horizons
alarms ringing
propriety served . . .
strangers come and strangers go
what is a stranger I will never know
is it a lover?
hearing without listening
to thoughts
disclosing without sharing
pain
touching but not [...]
The Neophile
He shivered . . . violently
a wave of biting cold
crashing on his body
cascading in waves
Bereft of the shelter of affirmation
Bereft of the clothing of victimization
Bereft of the vehicle of rationalization
he stood alone . . .
seeing . . .
touching . . .
tasting . . .
feeling . . .
himself for the first time . . .
He was [...]
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