J.J. Smith's "Numbers"

raised on dreams

of course,

successive disappointment

Raised without fathers

of course,

mishandling manhood

Raised as Christian

of course,

metaphysical clinging

Raised American

of course,

unappreciative clone

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§ 2 Responses to CLIX.

• Ganesh says:

  January 12, 2013 at 8:56 am

  Nice and interesting blog, Jared! Thanks for following “Known is a drop, Unknown is an Ocean”.

  Reply
  • jaredjohnsmith says:

    January 12, 2013 at 12:10 pm

    Thank you. I appreciate the sentiment.

    Reply