I go to books now for solace
and some indication of place
“you problemitize everything”
a peer in grad school said
I wondered how other’s surety
arrived to them so casually
this is the way things are
or the vile it is what it is
as if clarity could be achieved
through such obtuse phrases
so I return to my books
parsing out some nuance
hoping within a poet’s clause
I will stumble upon a clue
and I’ll find the right word
to make it all cohere
and I’ll find the right word
to say to you
(February 10, 2015)
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