you have
no need
to fear my
sideway thoughts
and upside-down
dreams. i
have no
plans to be
exonerated
or to blow away.
only fools
write the axioms
of war.
my pleasures
are in
the middle
of nowhere.
i will crawl
there on
my belly
if i can’t lift
myself from
my knees.
my benediction
will begin
with hymns
you won’t
be able
to hear.
a faint breeze
will carry
a bouquet
i will follow.
this time
is mine.
enlightenment
has eluded me.
if i ever said
i appreciated
your kindness,
i was only
being polite.
