I can’t underline anything
without crossing it out
(at least partially)
if not completely.
In writing that line
I made so many mistakes
can I gain my own forgiveness?
….with
the same tools
with which I crucified myself.
That lad who passed upon
greenery lake
saw inside himself:
the earth rotates
like a dial!
Revealing
the floorplan that holds
the sculptures of my work
as I walk up the steps of Purgatorio
a Kanafani.
Our guide says:
“No,
this is not a time for rest.
7
minutes, I’ll leave you
in
a boiling camel tank
of
scorching metal and
suffocating
air.
7
minutes.”
When he came back
our faces had melted off.
Never think that you’re fated
to run the dial;
that’s God’s job.
You’ve been laid off
of every line of responsibility
from each of the words on this page:
“Can you believe that
we’re only
a couple lines, two
dimensionally aligned
for your ends to meet
your means?”
-Grant Durando
