{"id":1829,"date":"2014-02-06T09:06:29","date_gmt":"2014-02-06T17:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/?p=1829"},"modified":"2014-11-23T10:39:53","modified_gmt":"2014-11-23T18:39:53","slug":"edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/?p=1829","title":{"rendered":"Edge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hold still, I know it hurts<\/span>
\nMuch more than I can judge.<\/span>
\n You live on the very edge,<\/span>
\nYour guts exert a gravity<\/span>
\nYou begrudge.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hold still, I know it hurts<\/span>
\nWhen once again he skirts<\/span>
\nThe pith with verbiage.<\/span>
\n He too lives on a ledge,<\/span>
\nHis arguments integuments,<\/span>
\nScaffolding where he can lodge.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hold still, I know it hurts.<\/span>
\n Precariousness imparts<\/span>
\nPoignancy to rage.<\/span>
\n We all must face the edge<\/span>
\nWhen nakedness thwarts<\/span>
\nAnd confines us in its cage.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hold still, I know it hurts.<\/span>
\n You live on the very edge.<\/span>
\n Your room has walls of light.<\/span><\/p>\n

***<\/span>
\n This is one of several poems spun off the experience of living for the first time in a high-rise, this in the winter of 1969, freshly arrived on the Canadian prairies. I was a very difficult lover to have and so wreaked more damage than necessary upon those unfortunate enough to be attracted to me. I did have a sense of the suffering I inflicted, as can be read in these lines.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Hold still, I know it hurts Much more than I can judge. You live on the very edge, Your guts exert a gravity You begrudge. Hold still, I know it hurts When once again he skirts The pith with verbiage. He too lives on a ledge, His arguments integuments, Scaffolding where he can lodge. Hold … <\/p>\n

Continue reading “Edge”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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