Richard Siken- Litany in Which Certain Things are Crossed Out

[wyvernstars]

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

Comments

[romanticxnight]

I love Richard SIken so much. His poetry gives me goosebumps.

[teithiwr]

Oh my gosh Richard Siken. His words are so gripping!

[amj58]

Thank you for sharing this. I searched up a bit on Siken and found a recital of this poem: http://www.apostrophecast.com/authors/richardsiken.html

[windowwasher88]

thanks for posting that, wonderful to listen to.

[thenetwork]

Oh gods.

[stripedheartx]

Forever my favorite.