[lit-ideas] SUNDAY POEM

  • From: "Mike Geary" <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2006 23:51:24 -0500

THE LITERATE CAUSE OF DEATH

The literate cause of death
is not so literal 
as loss of breath,
nor so clitoral
as le petit mort,
the literate cause of death 
is reading slower
than the scoring
in soccer.

Mike Geary
Memphis

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