August 2004

         'sickness unto death'

          what he believed
          he knew
          what he knew
          was true,
          this for him
          pristine
          a church bell
          in a light snow
          layering metaphysics
 
          once replete
          the contagious
          pact with reality
          reworked,
          the truth poser
          rang
          pealed
          the sanctity
          of doubt
 
          with an immoral
          aroma
          of almost rain
          sat him down
          to one riddle
          at a time

Copyright © 2004 Craig Kirchner

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