Mark Metcalfe - "Sisyphus II", Copper Plate Etching
Copyright 2010. Image appears by permission of the artist.
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Thursday, November 25, 2010

Fictional Confessional: Unrequited Love

THE One . . .

Once again I was the one found wanting,
with the unkempt love of a gnarled, starving animal;

whereas before I'd held up women at gunpoint, hunting
whores as hors d'oeuvres, a hungry barking handful.

Now I see love from below, not above.
I used to kick at the settling of a romantic's dream.

How I've screamed for a peace far from love,
but now I'm tearing at my eye's seams,

because once I exposed my skull to great Beauty,
my mind's been quite full of nude ideas & subjection.

Since then, I've enlisted in love's army, as is my duty
to the being standing before me, hostage of my affection.

How now I'm the one down on grace & out of power,
waiting hours for a response from my responsible citizen,

who truly views me as some new side-thing. I lower
my position and question the volume of this romantic admittance.

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