Flabbergasted Flabbergasted At first it seemed I could not recover— Stunned, flushed, amazed and baffled, Duped and nearly dazed By so many galloping thoughts. I […]
Trill Notes Trill Notes Who would not cherish a friend like you? Gifted with language, formidable in debate, Never too proud for playful jest. Crack and clash […]
Silence in the Circle Silence in the Circle It remains deathly quiet in Myriade, muses Marforio. The hearth-fire fades; Only two loud gentlemen shout, Tasting kidneys and […]
Rural Silence Rural Silence How calm the polder plains. Birds shuffle at their leisure, Sky untroubled, though smoke trails rise. Abandoned buildings, it would […]
Between Dream and Thought Between Dream and Thought Marforio speaks: After all these words you wonder: Are dreams the same as thoughts? Does the report of restless nights— […]
Last Plea Last Plea I do not know how much time you have— No more than a few moments, A few ticks of the second hand, And it has passed again. Life is lived […]
River River The Shield of Achilles The Cows The cows driven in gold and in tin: They long to move, eager to begin— Out of the stall to greening grasses. […]
Rondeau of the Lord Rondeau of the Lord O Lord who seeks to scorch the human soul By tightening Your rule again and again! That You are brain-dead—we have known it […]
Trisomy 21 Trisomy 21 The Different Ones Where shall we bring him, I wonder again— Take, say, the Down Syndrome Foundation. It comes from a duplicated […]
Break-in Break-in Detonation (Marforio interrupts) We are not lavish with deep thoughts. Secrets are pivot points of our genome. Though we rarely keep them in […]