At every cost
a man is man
himself
& alas he cannot stay long.
Dead cows on
the road,
lilies in the driveway
as the whole house
burns to the ground
wallowing in embers
that once were
symbols of man's
dominance of his world,
but all in all
lost, battle &
war
to big chief world,
the woman
hard Venus.
In the night
it is clearer
how quickly 5 days
can pass
before he got up
& walked away from
the coal
to reside in himself
'till he was whole
once again
once more.