Acceptance

bricks in a fireplace

make me think of Poe

and all the screams

he created with

creative juxtaposition;

a master of

flawed reality,

he was,

leaving us

jumping to conclusions

as easily as

the deadliness of his

sadistic humor;

and, bound by

no creed of honor

from which we can speak,

too many lights

and shadows have been

created for us to return

to any semblance or

acceptance of normalcy.

26Jun16