by Kayhan Irani
Poem #2 from Stone House
I was introduced to you
a long time ago.
We never met
rather,
I was told things about you.
I was told
about your way:
what you stood for,
on whose back.
Your look was cruel beauty.
Cruel.
I couldn’t imagine getting close to you.
You hurt
And pressed in deeper.
I was impressionable then.
Now,
with you here,
in close,
I can feel something else.
Poem posted in this space September 29, 2011
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