Personal

BY TONY HOAGLAND

Don’t take it personal, they said;
but I did, I took it all quite personal-

the breeze and the river and the color of the fields;
the price of grapefruit and stamps,

the wet hair of women in the rain-
And I cursed what hurt me

and I praised what gave me joy,
the most simple-minded of possible responses.

The government reminded me of ( Read more... )

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