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This poem began as a ghazal and morphed into this

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the threadbare crotch
the bruized leather
wrench destiny


I have travelled too far
to write epic
even my homo heroes and their heroes
cannot tapestry fill


Not enough
scraps
shredded to rag pulp


I have bolts of cloth not yet turned
to tatters by moth boy eyes

I like spelling "bruise" with a "z" — it captures the hurt. I also like how the poem implies there is a long way to go to reach the necessary nakedness to undertake a great undertaking.

And so for day 439
25.02.2008