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Order this writing in the Charlie Newman May 2010 cc&d poetry collection book “Deckard Kinder/ Charlie Newman” |
 
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exit: stage left
Charlie Newman
my blood
rises
sarcastically
the law of life and the law of death
cannot be negotiated
my lips
whisper
pitifully
of the stabbing
I he she you they we
commit over and over and over
until it is bigger and more beautiful than we could imagine
my ears
hear
you
being overturned overthrown overcome
struggling to lengthen your short time
every man and woman young and old here and there now and then
loosens their grip
to prove their bravery gaze at the unknown grab a blessing
no matter how small no matter how well hidden
in today’s great collapse
my eyes
erase
all your accumulated dust
I eat your food snatch warm from your fire sleep your rest
take the name you gave
your little conscience epidemic
changing my expression
until you can no longer recognize me
my handwriting
takes
a little of this and a little of that and still
it falls like a stone
and brings me nothing
[my prayers are no better]
my wandering my wondering
are pretty tame
in the face of the unrequited beauty
I burn
