Sunday, July 2, 2023

Humble Ambition

 

So much held in reserve, a day we speak to mire, mud, skies for slums. To make rising like pride, losing humility, silenced by devastation; like falderal, to have adored what hates self, too much to walk away. A teenage rule, much possession, Love was mine; indeed, can’t say that, despite living that. Remaining hungry, shrimp, reding, hush puppies—steak, broccoli, baked potatoes. Living a certain way, demons, heartbreak, living my part. So amazed to read him, King Jr., an exclusive martyr. Early winds, elaborate kites, a pregnant atmosphere—feelings stagnant, overwhelming, motion at all times; indeed, rather dismiss it, than look at it, what a generation made; so normal to gamble, so normal to play sports, so rapid at music, such talents, to discover ourselves.   

Time was Brief

    With deeper allure—to ward off ghosts—melancholia is an empire. Such dialogue confuses—: one wrestling despair. It was remote living, in...