#2,362 Walking Away

Men desire to feel not wanting
what they desire –
they’ll swan
upon water –
without thinking –
to stumble
[when avoiding
all speckled time –
broken by a
fluttering breeze that breaks &
litters]
& sink as a fisherman &
fisherwoman cast out nets –
In
tithe cottages cruel parents sit
& scold their children
[fireside
heat burns in ageing bones –
a
feeling never lost] –
Walk away
from all welcome home taunts
you men upon tear-thick water