4/8/2003

If the world
were not breathing
down my neck
this might be
the best of times
all systems go
but
how can anyone
stand up to
everything that
lurks and preys
waiting to
snatch it away
if you
take more than
someone thinks
is
your fair share
of air?
I inhale deeply
free will and fate
openly conjugal.
If they are going
to get me
I am going
with
my lungs full.