The Poetry of Richard Schletty | ||
PENITENTIAL RITE | ||
In a darkened mirror a shadowy hulk,
spectacular, large and frightening, suddenly supplants my waking reflection. This oblique projection of a nascent being Shoulders weak, waist bulging, The specter waves its hand in disgust Behold now a penitent man, A soul skipping across waters, |
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