His meanor was a suprise to the wise
who in effect saw everything
unwise a wisdom could produce
and they all nodded and shook their heads
"my opinion
personally speaking
is that he ain't no coincidence
be both
cause and effect
and be good and wise also
from what I saw
less everyone around here the same as
stupid walking and seeing as he
and also all the law breakers
must of made their love
with his fathers mother
for aint no good either
for a common assesment
or intellectual investment
just given away
to the peculiar tilts of your land.
Your carpenters too
aint even a part of a degree off
the absolute balance a scientist could find
at the center off the earth.
A very pretty picture altogether
the wayard wind had done upon us all
as I between these places
am left a meaningless void
where once at least the grass alone was fertile
less my ownsteps and prints
had aligned with
the sunwhere it rose and set
And I had not chose this encouter
I kept the counter only
on the corner
in my town
not the same place as the counter on the corner
I see
in all your stupidly appearing places
and mixed bag of similiarly
acting races
that logic alone
bears only logical witness
one might replace easily
with a thoughtless
straight edge for building
and cutting timber
that your lives I had not noticed do not show the same
as I know
and must be the angle reflects the sun
hides
a truth
the same place
where most places I look
always bears a truth bearing lies.
Your jail aint any hefty place either
and the keeper
aint less or more the wiser
taken no notice but
my name
and crime
should not even my words reveal me
but only my crime
is not of being a visiting stranger
but a seeker
whose eyes in this
cursed and damned place
always reflect back upon himself.
Marvin E. Kirsh
Erin Elizabeth Kelly-Moen