NO ROOM FOR KINDNESS
Volume 2, Collected Poems, 2007
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15. WALKING
Our Problem
is the problem of guessing
since we do not talk.
You, of course,
have my poems.
I am left with walks,
long walks by myself
for diversion.
What if on my walks I got lost
or obtained conversion
and was unable
to find my way home?
Then I'd lose my poems.
30. VILLAGE
Do you still want to call me brother?
I rain on you fire.
I scorch you in the heat of attack.
It is less than plain
why anyone would wipe out someone
in the name of love.
If I destroy your village
do I save it?
Did you want to move?