We (k)(n)ow(e)
we could just
walk away
we don't owe
any one
any thing
we don’t know
but we
do
we have
a terrible
responsibility
from time
to time
(f)or all time
now
we are called
and don’t
get off easy
or easily
this is why
the dying
child fights
they know
what we have learned
to forget
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Fabulous work. Yes. Children know what we’ve learned to forget. Remember.
I’m trying, Alice. Thanks for helping.
You’re on the right track. 🙂
I like the e.e. cummings flavour but what I like even more is your sentiment.
Yes, we are called. Again. And the calling isn’t going to stop just because we want it to or think ourselves capable of thinking up what we believe are “clever” or “sensible” reasons to turn away.
Thank you, Jeremy. That e.e. element is something I started playing with on Poemtstry. Sort of a cross between poetry and mathematical set theory. I don’t know how accurately that really applies, definition-wise, but I like the idea of implying more than one ordinary English word with one word using brackets-combining meanings–blending.
The original working title for this was “matter,” as in we don’t get to choose whether we “matter” to others or not.
Damn. You’re waking me up to what I only knew as a child.
I’m waking up to it as well, I hope.
Thanks Nat–