AND I SAID TO MYSELF
MAYBE IF I GIVE IT away MAYBE
I SHAN’T HAVE IT ANYMORE.
OF COURSE ONLY BECAUSE
IT IS A REAL THING,
THAT NEEDS
TO BE SYMBOLIZED
OTHERWISE not EXISTING
ANYWHERE BUT IN THAT
SO-CALLED SOUL
OF MINE
WHERE I’D HAVE TO
CARVE IT,
HOLING IT OUT
THE DENSE INSIDE
– the instant death
the voice said –
RELIEF
