Suppose unhappiness
To be a stone. Sisyphus
Carries it uphill. Michelangelo
Sees in it an elephant
Who, once freed, will lift
His outrageous trunk and
Challenge the Duomo.
But you, who no longer
Win smiles, put it in
Your pocket and check
Three times a day to see
If it's still there.
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My father would
Successfully break eggs
Tapping them
With a fork. The eggs
Wanted to please him.
When I tap just so
The egg ignores me
Or just snickers.
My mother would
Crack eggs one-handed
Without looking
And without fail. This
I don't even try.
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Sometimes the leech
Aspires and has
Composed but not submitted
Elaborate petitions
To the highest powers.
God, he has heard, has
Problems of His Own.
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