Is it simply naïve
to assume your answer
is in play at all time,
or that the question
involves you at all?
Do you see a line –
a place to cross,
like a roadside memorial
of a brutal death
casually caused,
yet purposely desired?
Where do you place the rose,
pour the wine on the ground,
shed whatever tear you have?
Does a monument manifest
a space around itself
like a finger lightly
touching the water’s surface?
(July 19, 2014)
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