Classic Poem

That water wearing at ice
wears at a form of itself, i.e.
water that's turned to stone;

as tyrant and torturer
are forms of ourselves, i.e.
human, but heart-of-stone …

The water is repelled, but
in the long run, as we say,
wears away any stone.

will it ever wear away
its own capacity
to turn into one?











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