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A Treatise On Human Imprisonment
                                                                                       by michael cahill



 
~1~
 
flowing hair with blue eyes glowing
knowing no escape
still I tried to run
       but the sun
rose every morning and found me
 
the moon always fled as though it were
              designed to do so
       (I thought we had an understanding)
             
              I could never get her out of my mind

 
~2~
 
just a dollop of real whipped cream
supreme
on key lime pie
made from scratch
that first bite
                                  sigh…

 
~3~
 
a young man of sixteen years
without fears
jumped the five foot hedge
surrounding the old Endicott Building
nary a leaf brushed
as the wind rushed over the top
 
fifty years later
a fearless old man
shuffles along
remembering

 
~4~
 
infinity
is the world I'm in
 
       wondering—
 
                                    what's in the
                                       vicinity beyond




 

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