Arsenic Lobster poetry journal        Issue Six   2004
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Red Library #2
Louis E Bourgeois

stand from the doorway

there is too much light
that is not blue
or green
not enough order to set
you right
not enough disorder
to understand order
not enough books
to cover the right
angles
not enough statue
to bring you to life
an old lamb’s song
may be heard outside
but it is not for you
nothing here
green or blue
the chiaroscuro
of the arch doorway
is emblematic
of what was once you
the books are tight
the books are on fire
the carpet is a sea
the globe is bleeding
you moved
an inch
your shoulders
have rounded
I cannot save you
the room
is blue and green

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