Wednesday, September 27, 2017

John Sweet writes



the future as a broken mirror in an empty room

and you and i in brilliant 
november sunlight, 
all effortless grace and fragile hope, 
all half-forgotten dreams

a city on fire or a 
handful of ashes

someone’s lover found dead in a 
stolen car at the river’s edge

i have measured my life in miles 
and i have wound up nowhere

i have been the wrong person 
for years on end

let the joke fill your heart 
like a mouthful of blood

let the gun be aimed and the 
trigger pulled with infinite kindness

we are nothing if not 
merciful
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University College Fire -- J. E. Usher

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