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Dostoevsky
Demon of everglade beauty
of the dark space around the
moon.
Sensitive to the point of sickness.
Deep-set eyes like the eyes
of some brooding god,
hammering
the earth to pieces.
Breath of an invalid, gambler
& saint, weighed down by
sentiment.
Breath of grey and yellow
skies above you, blood red
buried beneath bone and
skin.
Hand of a writer,
naked without a pen,
like a new-born bird
flung
from its nest: flesh on fire.
Apocalypse mind, opener
of the seventh seal. Mentor of all
believers.
Christ-like visions swarm your mind.
Ravaged by depression,
by high ideals that
rip
out your ribs, one by one
into the thick day.
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Copyright © 1995 by Allison Grayhurst