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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