Yo soy yo y mi circunstancia
José Ortega y Gasset
You think you know
the histories of a person's hand
what touched it, what it did
these hearts are leather gloves
whether pounding a kitchen table
or shooting something inattentive
of course there's a gentle side
the hands of the farmer husband
who makes paper birds for children
now the hot summer months
need trucks to carry water
and the beasts are sullen
I am I and my circumstances, he says
pick up the bullet and show me
you say it to any human heart.
© 2011 Rob Schackne
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