Monday, September 7, 2009

Here I Lay It Out

Unable to say I am
a victim of circumstance,
I burnt my house down.

It was made of cards
anyhow. This is why
we balance a job
and a hobby so precariously.
I am invariably
wrong.

Watch the news
tonight. Wasn't that home
beautiful on fire? A location
primed for crime
and romance, just
don't ask how many
have lived there.

A story still does. I am
evidence incarnate. Heat has
licked me clean, though I do
resonate with memory. Here
I lay it out.

-the ambassador

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