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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SWINE WHO'S ECLIPSED ME, by CLARENCE MAJOR Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I, the alleged culprit, have a case | |||
I, the alleged culprit, have a case. I, the alleged captive criminal, deny these very words: this is a tirade against my own claim, my existence. Hold these words up to light, they will burn the page. A Machiavellian of moral poison, he holds my arm twisted behind my back. I know of no forthcoming parole. My one chance is to reach out and wrap his neck in confetti, then crawl out through the tail end of my own metamorphosis. Yet I hear the action: the poison arrow I drive into his heart may be my own first step to pushing up tulips on a grassy mound. We pay the toll as one. Drawbridge guards do not tax us as two. I, the alleged salient spirit, am the true wise one; I am reliable, moral, able to catch myself even before I am thrown. Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA 98368-0271, www.cc.press.org | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SYNCOPATED CAKEWALK by CLARENCE MAJOR REVELATION AT CAP FERRAT by CLARENCE MAJOR SAND FLESH AND SKY by CLARENCE MAJOR A GUY I KNOW ON 47TH AND COTTAGE by CLARENCE MAJOR AGING TOGETHER by CLARENCE MAJOR AT THE ZOO IN SPAIN by CLARENCE MAJOR ATELIER CEZANNE by CLARENCE MAJOR BALLROOM DARK by CLARENCE MAJOR |
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