Tuesday, May 31, 2011

LIBRARY LION

There are those who say

His heart was big
as a library lion's.

Look.
It held back nothing -

There is inventory, boxes
of good.

And what I say is:

This heart
meant everything
to his liver
and his lungs
and all his
other parts
especially
his tongues

Which were several,
yet he was

Mum
on all matters
of this heart, and yes,

It was difficult for him,
the plain language,

putting the word to love.