Monday, November 2, 2009

Mirroring Evolution, part one

Reflections  

I check my image against a restaurant window
slumped forward under a pack--
                   just another local character.

But I square my shoulders and walk home--
bad posture wants no witness.

Modern Man’s most difficult challenge--
To stand erect while carrying a heavy burden.


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  1. CorinneSeptember 11, 2009 at 11:47 PM

    Delightful!

    I've not decided of which this is more true, literally or metaphorically.

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  2. John RichardsonSeptember 17, 2009 at 11:51 PM

    Neither have I, Corinne. We are all so busy carrying one kind of burden or another that metaphors--our weak attempts to describe psychic, spiritual and circumstantial heaviness--are sometimes all we have.

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