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The Sick (Free verse) by MacFrantic
Wicker houses catch smoke from uptown dancers
And heels flare out to distant isles
And if you were deserted
What companion would you emerge with?
It's survival
It means rage subsides when some
Wicked grin prevails
And that anger melts down
In boiling pots
The golden, heart-shaped cancer
You call 'I'
I never
And shall never be that evil
Even if the sons of my enemies
Lift the veil long enough
For me to see their naughty fingers
Purchasing all I own
With nary a cent to pay for it
For I am withered enough
Callous enough
Branded all over
Too many times to begrudge the sick
For being sick
And the well for being bountiful
I am the old tree's splintered bough
And you are him
Sending her
Swiftly
To me
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Posted: January 30, 2008 2:41 PM PST; Last modified: January 30, 2008 2:41 PM PST
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