litany in which certain things are crossed out • richard siken

[shecrows]

Every morning the maple leaves.
Every morning another chapter where the hero shifts
from one foot to the other. Every morning the same big
and little words all spelling out desire, all spelling out
You will be alone always and then you will die.So maybe I wanted to

Comments

[etelleadit]

oh. he is just right.

[ethnichybrid]

...breathless.

[fortissimo]

This is magnificent.

[tastyanagram]

I totally was plotting this morning, on the way to work, to work on a litany! Zam! (Probably as a result of listening to this. (I love this poem, most assuredly.)

(Hello. Did Joanna pass on my invite to you for Saturday night?)

[tangiblee]

i just got his book, crush a couple weeks ago and that is one of my favorites ♥

[ocher]

asdfalisjfaslfjk!