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But I have abandoned

            poetry

on more than one occasion

        as I felt

           it did no good

     and fond its weight

            too much to carry

I have collapsed

            under that weight

but poetry has never

         abandoned me

I was walking the tightrope

      trying desperately

     to regain my balance

no mea culpa—the faith

         has been reaffirmed

I have abandoned poetry

         several times before

but again it takes me back

but again it takes me back

       for no fucking reason

    it accepts my weakness

so taken back again

     I find I must

 renew the light of peace,

        enlightenment

and prosperity of the soul    

10-13-1991