Crying makes me feel so stupid
The warmth behind my eyes is a lot
Like the unhelpful
Transcendental impulse
Unavoidable & burning forth
Before language
Or maybe just a metaphor for living now
Sight
That old Protestant sense
Depleted & blurred
(THALES, triumphantly:)
With water
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Tom Snarsky teaches mathematics at Malden High School in Malden, Massachusetts, USA.