Monday, March 11, 2013

The Poetic Qualities of Living to Fight Another Day

I'm ponderous, pensive, pedantic, perverse,
Grinding gears, spinning wheels, off the rails, in reverse,
On the ropes, off my rocker, untracked, out of control,
Upside-down and lopsided, but ready to roll,
Lead-footed, light-headed, in the drink, out of air.
I'm too late for directions and too dumb to care.
There are thousands of words for my mind when it's seething,
But I'll settle for one word, as long as it's “breathing.”

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