As/Is







6.24.2004


the bones

Fifteen and reading
Rise and Fall of the Third Reich & death
is on my mind.
I know what their symbol meant
the Buddhist swastika is Life
the Nazis reverse it-Death
as symbology.
A young man naively wrestling
thoughts
& historical epochs
I pick up three dice & tell my cousins 'I am
the devil' & to prove it roll three sixes
pick up the bones
again
three sixes.
Beyond the shadows of Lake Shebandewon
a careful walk into darkness.