I Know Why Men Light Fires
/I know why men light fires
why they say an Our Father or Hail Mary
and flinching at sudden sounds
begin to sweat like fat drunks jiving
or pee their pants.
Imagination is a degenerative condition
a dreary November of a place
without respite from fantasized demons
herding into the human brain
creatures more fearful than lions, tigers and bears.
By Paul Strohm
From: United States
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