is like a bullet that goes <br />straight to the heart <br /> <br />life and death on the line <br /> <br />immortality <br />but a short breath away. <br /> <br /> <br />(Previously published in The Hold, March 2004)<br /><br />Laurence Overmire<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-good-poem/