Around midnight
it has a mouth like a human
but its mind gibbers
a booming gale
a fantastic wit
precarious defense
against its own deviation,
this secret leper
deals in the theft of tongues.
What a wonderful student!
In a coliseum of astute lies
none can claim to know their field better!
Glory to love and tears
to catastrophe and rape;
he knows they mean the same
when a bird tells him so.

10/16/2006

Author's Note: I knew this man's words, but I can only conjecture of his mind.

Posted on 10/16/2006
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