I was amok & fearless <br />twice deceived <br />for which I sought out <br />satisfactions <br />in a tree.Too carelessly <br />I reached for love <br />& beaten down <br />I found you <br />in a froth or frenzy <br />spent my days around <br />the pan yards. <br />I would ask no help from those <br />whose trust is weak <br />but I would buy the latest <br />& the least. <br />I live for something practical <br />--the case for memory-- <br />I set one foot into the space <br />the others leave abandoned. <br />Not your lord or slave <br />I meet you <br />in an equal clash of wills <br />& face you down. <br />I only touch the ground <br />on Sundays<br /><br />Jerome Rothenberg<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-case-for-memory/
