Why We Write
We write to communicate
With ourselves more than anyone else.
We try to tell ourselves our first language.
The one everyone knows.
Remember, we only truly remember
What we have already loved.
And lewd in our looting we lurk
Through the well-worn recanting of wiser gods.
Copyright © Matt Caliri | Year Posted 2009
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