[lit-ideas] Suicidal thoughs or actions.
- From: "atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "lit-ideas" <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:31:31 -0500
1.
Suicidal thoughts are nothing new to me
but relatively far and few between
considering
the world's supporting arguments for such
but I've never been persuaded by reason
only by feeling
and though I know my life cannot go on like this,
that something has to give,
Still I get up, I get dressed, I feed the cats,
I check the New York Times on line to insure
that the world is still there,
Then I go and do what I do.
What is it that I do?
Dirty work to be sure. I haven't had clean nails
since 1972.
And yet I rejoice in that.
Why do I want to be dirty? I ask myself.
Why do I want to offend?
Am I the Jesus I've always imagined?
The wild one overturning tables,
striking fear in the hearts of merchants --
the enemy of what makes us US?
Too tired and un inspired.
Mike Geary
in Glourious Memphis
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