The Descent of Winter: 11/20

Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, The Idiot

       Even idiots grow old
         in a cap with the peak
       over his right ear
         cross-eyed
       shamble-footed
          minding the three goats
       behind the firehouse
         his face is deeper lined
       than last year
         and then the rain comes down
       in gusts suddenly


(W.C.W.)


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