Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Universal Valentine

The forks with their legs crossed
cuddling next to their husbands
the knives their larger daughter
spoons matronly with several
smaller studious ones astride
in a drawer in every house
in the world but what animal
does it so well so how
did it happen the very thing
that would heal our hell
is the thing most hated
confused curious thing of all
that the heart is really a knot
tied so tight have you ever
tried to untie such a knot
in the freezing cold
with your bare fingers
as if your life depended on it

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