I remember the exact moment
the bottom fell out
and I thought how convenient
that god gets to see
how self-deluded we are
trusting that the fates will be kind
that we may be reprieved pro tempore
from the darkest shadow
but inevitably it is illusion
and like pounding at the
door in MacBeth I felt
the chambers of my heart
pulverized
hammer blows reverberating
powerful unremitting
and forgiveness? Forget that
condemnation …….
It is lasting
Its thighs
all-constricting
