Rustler

I am much too alone in this world, yet not alone
enough
to truly consecrate the hour.
I am much too small in this world, yet not small
enough
to be to you just object and thing,
dark and smart.
I want my free will and want it accompanying
the path which leads to action;
and want during times that beg questions,
where something is up,
to be among those in the know,
or else be alone.

I want to mirror your image to its fullest perfection,
never be blind or too old
to uphold your weighty wavering reflection.
I want to unfold.
Nowhere I wish to stay crooked, bent;
for there I would be dishonest, untrue.
I want my conscience to be
true before you;
want to describe myself like a picture I observed
for a long time, one close up,
like a new word I learned and embraced,
like the everday jug,
like my mother’s face,
like a ship that carried me along
through the deadliest storm.

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A bitter pilldoesn’t needto be swallowedto work. Justreading your nameon the bottledoes the trick.As though therewere some anti–placebo effect.As though theself were eagerto be wrecked.—Kay Ryan, “Bitter Pill”Art Credit Robin Cracknell

A bitter pill
doesn’t need
to be swallowed
to work. Just
reading your name
on the bottle
does the trick.
As though there
were some anti–
placebo effect.
As though the
self were eager
to be wrecked.

—Kay Ryan, “Bitter Pill”
Art Credit Robin Cracknell

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Blue Nose Moth up close on Flickr.

Blue Nose Moth up close
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Jordfundne og nulevende gnavere (Rodentia) fra Lagoa Santa, Minas Geraes, Brasilien by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

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