Thursday, February 11, 2010
Subversive
One day, not long after they had removed his tongue
and cut off his feet and hands,
the authorities found him
begging with his eyes.
That will not do,
they said;
oh, no . . .
that will not ( ) ( ) do . . .
(first publication)
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4 comments:
That remembers me the Leprasick beggars in India; some of them do it with eye's shine a light on you...
Yes... thank you, Rudhi. I wasn’t thinking of that, but now I am....
This is almost too unbearable to think about.
Well, perhaps we shouldn’t. On the other hand, I guess it’s too late now.
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