Let us lay the heavy black bag at your feet
While the tired buglers sound their dirge.
Let us lay the heavy black
bag at your feet
Like a terrible wreath.
If you nudge the sturdy
bag with your right foot
Nothing will happen.
If you kick the formless
bag with your left foot
Nothing will happen.
It will not respond, nor
speak nor cry.
Will you circle the black
bag cautiously
Like a coyote?
Will you howl, break down
in tears
Or simply smirk?
David Krieger
January 2004
