Kurt Philip Behm

First Cut The Deepest (+1)

I used the language to my own end,

never respecting rules or laws

I wrote what seemed the shortest path,

between feelings and my thoughts

I thumbed my nose at sage advice,

knowing what I wrote was true

The first cut then—the first cut now,

the deepest through and through

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2017)

One Chance

Poetic editor

—literary oxymoron

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2017)