advertencies

.1

we are trying too
hard to eliminate the
chance
for failure

all of you
running
toward
a common
nowhere


.2

when another human
being meets my
eyes I feel as
if I have been
slapped in the
face or deafened by
thunder or as if a
great lie has
been told


.3

hatred is a
pain that fades
like the ripped hangnail
or the smashed toe

only
love can
leave such
fascinating
scars as
these

and still we argue
over the trivial
while the blood
fills our shoes


.4

it is strange
how the
absence of
pain
creates a
strange
vacancy
a discomfort
all its
own


.5

no one understands this:

there are certain
days when I feel that
if I go out there
I am sure
they will murder me


.6

never
follow the father
it is easier to
listen to the
symphony
of worms
grinding his bones
and to sleep
more soundly
doing so


.7

in one
hundred years
where will
the dead
cross their
arms when
the cemeteries
are full and
the ground is
stuffed with
rotting jaws
yawning
prayers for
a god that
never came



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