Wednesday, June 5, 2024

DISSENSION IN THE RANKS

The great war 
of our selves

is fought 
part
against part.

Of our 
high marks 
and our base fears, 

we like to think 
it's night 
and day;

the contrast 
always seems clear, 
we say. Yet, 

if our souls 
know confederates 

on both sides 
of the line—

and lives 
must be lived 
in real time—then

when exactly 
does day end 
and night start?