issue 26 > poetry > kuspit
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in homage to death vi
by Donald Kuspit
i aborted you in wonder,
you revived
in shadow,
came into your own again,
regained strength
from its flux.
no regrets:
memory abandoned me
on the doorstep
of time;
orphaned by thought
in
the emptiness,
we outlasted eternity;
embryo of enigma
launched the silence,
serenading us
with its steadiness.
cloudless,
the sky invaded me
with its
infinity,
where i found you loitering,
sharp-eyed
as a falcon,
preying on my prayers,
my mumbled words
on the rack
of my wisdom,
too late to save me
from myself.