Sunday, December 16, 2012

Hugh Seidman


Like Anyone

Grace, action, redemption. 
Lies, jokes, truth, faking truth.

Teeth gnashed, nauseous, nauseated.

Remembering, forgetting war. 
Moments, a day.

Did the back hurt? 
Did it hurt to stand?

Hand held by hands.

Anyone, a neighbor, say. 
Sick unto death.

Saying what is said of the strength to go on.

Whether or not: strength. 
Whether or not: one went on.

Like anyone.

          Cincinnati Review 2005, rev. 2012

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The Train Explodes

The train explodes. 
One pays the fare. 
Snow falls in a song. 
A door closes.

One pays the fare. 
There is a platform. 
A door closes. 
Words explain.

There is a platform. 
There is a timetable. 
Words explain. 
Dark is a metronome.

There is a timetable. 
Stars implode. 
Dark is a metronome. 
Fear halts desire.

Stars implode. 
Snow falls in a song. 
Fear halts desire. 
The train explodes.

          Cincinnati Review 2005, rev. 2012

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