Friday, March 20, 2009

War of Attrition

Looking back
they saw

what wore them
down was not

their in-
constancy,

their constant
frictions,

but how to love,
honor and obey

a life made up
of fictions.

(First published in Kater Murr's Press, 2005)

2 comments:

  1. You've reduced me to a "wow" with this one. It's so good I don't want to undertake a damaging analysis. Thanks!

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  2. Joe,

    Just want you to know
    your thank's more

    than good enough, so good
    of you to let me know.

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