Wisdom's Tooth (+2)

A young Poet is to an

older man

 

As an old poet is to a

younger man

 

“When young then old,

when old then young

 

The past twice borrowed,

the future sung

 

The old man’s knowledge,

the young man’s youth

 

To cross in stages,

—like wisdoms tooth”

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)

 

 

 

Death Calls

 

The gallows were offered,

the guillotine chosen

 

The execution a matter

of choice

 

The sinner repentant,

the evil now lessened

 

Death calls,

—in a welcoming voice

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)

 

 

Damnation Refound

 

A Mississippi back road

burns in my mind

 

Its memory twice buried,

resurfaces, reminds

 

That Mississippi back road,

you once led me down

 

Perdition, destruction,

—damnation refound

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)