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
