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May 2012
O nightshade! My enemy!
Tempted by chronic ennui
The day's control has dissipated
And the slender body created
Comes in waves of illusion

A cavity of emptiness bites
The mind lies and fights
Diagnosed, and very often
Do not let the form soften
The rules of hunger
Darbi Alise Howe
Written by
Darbi Alise Howe  Berkeley, CA
(Berkeley, CA)   
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