Translations
Fowls in the wood,
Fishes in the flood;
And I must be Mad,
Much sorrow I walk with
For the best
Of bone and blood.
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Fowls in the wood,
Fishes in the flood;
And I must be Mad,
Much sorrow I walk with
For the best
Of bone and blood.
The palpable
Premonitions—
Hardened, Stubborn
Lumps
Underneath the skin—
Foretell of imminent,
Painful,
Yet gradual
Decease;
The Worst
Of its kind—
Like a daytime Nightmare,
Hunting me
So I shall never
Sleep.
Who knew
Death
Was so Unapologetically
Mischievous?
King of the
Darkest humor,
You leave me
Speechless;
Foreshadowing my
Cease-to-be
With such Irony;
Inflicting
Fear and Sadness
So Immense,
All the while
Having convinced me
That you are
Funny.
What does a creature
So small
Do,
Facing a Force
Grand
Beyond comprehension?
I joke back
And Live this
Day
Like
Any
Other
Day,
But without
A minute of
Complaint.
“Sometimes
It’s like someone
Took a knife, baby,
Edgy and Dull,
And cut
A Six-Inch Valley
Through the middle
Of my Soul.”
—I’m On Fire, Bruce Springsteen.
The deep sorrows of
The truly good
Rarely show—
Except when they are
Helplessly unveiled
In the mute
Solemn,
And elusive grimace
Of the Angel.
Away from home,
This Year
Ahead of time,
I caught a glimpse
Of the Red and Yellow
Fall—
So that upon
My return,
She had not yet
Arrived.
Knowing that She
Eventually would come,
I ceased to anticipate,
For I had seen it all.
But
She never appeared
Back in town,
As when She took me
By surprise,
I didn’t recognize Her
At all.
She would make Her stay,
Just like the year before,
But She was not
What I saw
Anymore.
The Rain came down
And washed all the Noises
Away—
For the first time,
I was taken astray,
Far away,
To distant Lands
Where I would find myself
Steady,
Free to breathe the same
Air
Of consistency—
So that no matter where
My feet settle—
The Sierras or
The Himalayans,
I would still keep
That which
No Man
Can ever take away.
The Wheel of Fortune spins
On and on—
There will be days
Of Prize collecting
And days when Luck
Is seemingly gone.
But It Goes Like It Goes—
Not much Beef
In what’s been done.
So go on and on,
Counting winnings while
Accepting losses—
The Days are very bound.
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