PROPRIETARY RITES
These aches, these
cruel
crucifying pains
do not belong to me
-
today they own me,
clamping my lower
limbs
in their psychotic
embrace.
Through throbbing
knees
and tiresome aching
hips
they pour out scorn
on all my hopes
of overcoming;
today, they
overwhelm me.
Malcolm Evison
14 September 2017
(Draft V)
