Monday, January 31, 2011

SHADOW TAG

“Like Tolstoy”
do you remember after
your accident, your lie
what you told me to read?

I think it’s what you tell
everyone to read
not uncommon to read,
or recommend

I drank a beer
For help

The metal tables
Did not belong

And I did not feel at home

It’s just that by now
I’ve found my own
required self –
it’s not so hard

Samantha put shimmer on her lids
lashes flared apart
on purpose?
I couldn’t tell –

A girl has to slip quick
sink into her own shadow

I walk alone, that helps
and imagine the quiet men
who took the time
to consider my own brain.

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