On the Block - Les Bernstein

[Larry Robinson]

On the Block


in a dim-light meander
a writer's concern for precision,
compression, lyrical sound
and one simple elemental truth
goes down a very bad path

through the double lens
of imagination and memory
a flawed and flimsy
lower case moment 
will be mugged

twisted turns of interpretation 
coerce a deeper register of inquiry
concluding with a neat ending
and … oh, could it be ... indelibility

pending yet another bon mot
from an empty poet
the dim light of the computer cursor
blinks on and on
ready to surrender all its belongings
to a merciful delete


	- Les Bernstein
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