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Parkinson

The threatening nature of
                      artificial objects,
                      not snow dropping from pines
                      nor windows shattered with frost

but the flight of keys and bells
                      and all that begs for
                      subtle asides,
                      all that is malevolent for this,

all that falls,
                that disobeys my hands,
                those white apes mapped
                with the veins of the Via Dolorosa,

all things that make my dry box spin,

my body does not follow me,
                I often seem to look
                over my shoulder
                at the dark detective of age.

Copyright © Leslie Philibert




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