Thursday, May 22, 2014

5389. THE MAN WITHOUT BOOKS

THE MAN WITHOUT BOOKS
I compiled my hurt and hesitation and put them 
between covers, and then ran off along my way.
The blistering heat of some searing new night 
had already wetted my brow. A tankard 
of loneliness, throw that in.
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Sometimes the things we carry aren't worth a 
damn : the charmed lightning of a dance, the
cute curtsy of some new lassie. Tissues to
the heart, and new forms to the tailor.
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There's nothing the matter with wanting, there's
nothing the matter with need. Both of them line
up under a wayward vine  -  the small, painted
fence of some madman's community garden.

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