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Man, In His Curved and Imperceptible Fall
March 30, 2013
He fears the down-edged spiral, the idea of impalement on a double-bladed sword;
The fungi which consume him as he decays: for what then will become of the sophisticated lord?
The untamed land gives birth to promise.
Her wedding veil conceals the view
of a conqueror, dressed in a gentleman's attire
whose lofty strides his zeal undo
For what will be of the civil lord, the animal lord, the savage lord?
What will be of he
whose righteous certainty
of light and property
rubs raw the fragile fabric of
perceived reality?
© Jonathan L., LaGrange, GA
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Celine1901 SILVER said...
on Apr. 4 2013 at 9:49 pm
Fabulous word choice; the diction is impeccable! I also think the theme is very interesting!
Title taken from a quote in the novel: "And at last, in its curved and imperceptible fall, the sun sank low, and from glowing white changed to a dull red without rays and without heat, as if about to go out suddenly, stricken to death by the touch of that gloom brooding over a crowd of men (Conrad 02)."