And notthe have-a-heart kindeitherbut a big steel bear trapclamped down years agobeen gnawingand licking ever sincetrying to decideif your storyis the real oneor minethink I’m at the pointof brushing offmannerly concernsand appendagesformerly thought necessaryin order to save myselfso forgive meif the next timeyou visit me in confinementyou find only a rusted legholdI will be freescarredbut somehow stronger
#28 of 30 Poems In November to benefit Center For New Americans. Today’s theme is LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP.