A Man and His Work

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A Man and His Work

 

I saw him

Not Engage
Not hold
His Audience.

He dominated

Intimidated.
I hated him.

Even now

Forty years
Distant, safe

I hate him.

My stomach
Twists
Remembering.

I don’t read

His poems
Others do.

 I hate it.

They are
Very good
Poems.


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