Every Riven Thing by Christian Wiman

Author:Christian Wiman
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781466878228
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

NOT ALTOGETHER GONE

1. Dipped into Frenzy

Dipped into frenzy

like a tonged lobster

he squeaked a bit

then stopped

Overnight

his hair went white

Clean-suited

in a rocking chair

that never rocked

with a smile

that either included or excluded

utterly

he was every kind of crying

but the kind that you can see

2. Like a Dog Existence Is

Lame, bees in his brain, two teeth shy

of total gum

he bites the air

Like a dog existence is

persistent in him:

he bites the air

•

So gifted in misery, such disciplined self-pity,

and now, to make his helplessness a hell

for others, to make them loathe themselves

for loathing him:

his masterwork.

•

When there is nothing left to curse

you can curse nothing

but when there is nothing left to love

the heart eats inward and inward its own need

for release …

•

Chained to his fate, he spits

memory, wastes

to a gaze, and dies

with still-unexpended hatred in his eyes

like a dog.

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