#iwiwt

the children will not repeat the phrases their parents speak somebody has persuaded them that it is better to say everything differently so that they can be admired somewhere farther and farther away where nothing that is here is known we have little to say to each other we are wrong and dark in the eyes of the new owners

To love a woman more than oneself was a socially acceptable way for a woman to be insane

I fled the world, went inside, ceased to feel You could say I fell asleep. There was no mystery to it, Quite simply it was easier to sleep And pretend to be awake Than to stay awake and pretend to be strong.

She sleeps And her sleep becomes the river I build my house beside

For so many years I answered to a name, and I can’t say who answered