What They’ll Never Escape

People are afraid of what

they can’t understand

themselves most often assured

 

In the depths of their wandering

a voice cries out

a voice too close to ignore

 

People will bolt from that thing

that pursues

that thing that augurs to chase

 

With blinders on tight

and running in vain

—to flee what they’ll never escape

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2018)

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