11/30/2003

He told her
in terms
lacking uncertainty
what he thought
of her decision
his gift for
intellectual
and emotional clarity
out of hand
in his ardor
punishing
in his disbelief
and disappointment.
Dreaming
his body
wracked with pain
of savage mutants
that assume
some of the shape
of those they devour
great hounds
without pity
that have to be
blown away
one after another
or else
left no room
for misunderstanding
the error of his ways.