Letter To the Ethics Editor

How do you feel about anger?
Does it feel good
like other passions?
Is it a friendly device
like a sharpened axe
to shape the hardwood?

Can one be
forgiven for it?

When I hold
anger in my mind's hand,
I cut through ropes,
jam smooth 
uneven walls.

It vibrates hard
like a rifle butt.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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February 26, 2012 at 12:39 PM
Anger to me is wet and red and sucks like quick sand.
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