Sunday, May 24, 2020

a dying house




and if there are prayers out
here at the edge of this wilderness,
they are for my children


if there is weakness,
it’s my own


and this is not de chirico’s country,
but these are his shadows crawling like
cancer through overgrown back yards,
down empty streets, and i am the
son that pollock never spoke of


look at my hands


the broken one here and
the lame one here and
i find myself standing with clenched
fists in empty rooms or in buildings
that no longer exist


i grow sick at the
thought of money


at the need for it


this is how i know i’m on
the wrong side of everything




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