DADDY'S GIRLS IV
BEG FOR ENCORE
for Janet
oh my dear, that astonished pain
(surprising because expected)
will fade;
what replaces it
is the constant
of an emptiness-
a silence louder
than any blessing.
amputees know this;
the tickling humming
drain from the brain
that demands they scratch
at the invisible presence.
or like the wretched
desperation
of an inadequate poet
left dangling wordless
at the end of a sentence.
Manuela Cardiga
for Janet
oh my dear, that astonished pain
(surprising because expected)
will fade;
what replaces it
is the constant
of an emptiness-
a silence louder
than any blessing.
amputees know this;
the tickling humming
drain from the brain
that demands they scratch
at the invisible presence.
or like the wretched
desperation
of an inadequate poet
left dangling wordless
at the end of a sentence.
Manuela Cardiga
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