The Muse is Awake

Tuesday, March 01, 2005

To my cousin

should I feel sad for you
dear cousin?
or mad?
your son has killed his brother
and then himself
your girlfriend
severed her throat
with a circular saw
you married a child
to spite her
and that was before she died

is it sorrow
is it pity
is it anger
that you and I
share DNA?

I do not know
my cousin
if your black clothes
are an anthem
or an elegy
Posted by John Zavacki at 1:42 AM

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