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it's been awhile since I opened up this

speculative book

I was nearly afraid  as I took an inquisitive look

what have I to this dusty date acquired

what tenderness in this lifetime could I have

possibly inspired

can I continue to hold myself up with such gentle

aplomb

or at this point of my questioning will I

subsequently bomb

one has to ask one's self every once in a while

why come back to this why come back to this now

when I die at my own grave I would like to pay

my respects only then as I attempt to bravely bow

my honorable hero to this date has so far been only

my hopeful hand

yet upon my malcontent mind the flames of the most

familiar are fervently fanned

I do not wish to be placed within the constraints of

the most vain pedantic

its more likely though that as simplicities unveil

with them so will all my carefully shielded panic

within my very own private desperate hour I continue

to consult my watch

I feel the fear inside slowly freeing itself and

fighting me from cranium to crotch

I must now take leave of this poetic play

stage exit door right

for I must get back to my ongoing mental war

there is still much battle left in which to fight

tres bien......................

(written April 3,1991)