:LIKE ESCAPE FROM HUNGARY
We live in a world that is not
our own. And hard it is
in spite of blazoned days.
--Wallace Stevens
Scars of look-
ing for dan-
ger from one
direction,
solid waste--
shocking piles
of carnage, leaves
in plastic,
discarded cans,
excessive
wrapping, gags,
cultural
(critical)
bulimi-
a, choking
rivers, child-
ren, anxious
men feeling
like women
without con-
trol, world al-
most
singing
the pain held
at such high
strain so long:
a boilous
limbo, ges-
tation, singed
wisdom
-- the
need for verbs.
Jacque Vaught Brogan
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