I Would Like To
i would like to
be a perfect one to
be a Katherine the Great to
be able to
w a t ch the screen as i type but i am n ot
i am unable to watch what i type for fear that it may be
terri f ying that i would look at it and a smell of sedating lavender would overwhelm my goddamn system to see that a
smell of
y ou would overwhelm my system it is maddening that you ta ste like metal that
your tongue is made of bronze- you are not the Athenian I once thought you were, for I am Homer and you are Alexander the Great we have
different values
because I am
Homer and you are Alexander the Great though you believe you are Livy you believe you are
Walt Whitman you believe you are
something new you believe you are something wonderful and you w an t to believe such.
and I want to believe such.
I
I will make you into a poet if that is what you wish.
I will turn your bronze tongue into a paper one I will turn your blood to ink so when it is spilled in battle it is spilled on paper I will turn your iron thoughts to
cloth I will turn your steely voice to the sound of a typewriter i will
do
whatever i must do in order to get you where you wish to be i will
if only you would teach me
to be
a Spartan.
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