Sunday, March 6, 2011

You Know Where You Went Wrong
(Eulogy for Hedonists)

he kept them
all at arms length

just far enough away
to be disconnected
but close enough
to touch.

maybe it feels good
to be free,
no existential guilt,
for a small fee.
no level too low,
or place your soul can go
swallow the sword
but gag on the hilt.

like trying to graft a sapling
on to a burned out tree,
praying for light while
feeding disease.

the match snuffs out
like a rockets flare
failing in
our atmosphere.

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