Poem of the Day: Song of the Dwarf

[David Morris]

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On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 2:27 PM, nick heindl <nheindl13 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Poem of the Day: Song of the Dwarf
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> Rainer Maria Rilke
> Maybe my soul is straight and good,
> but she's got to lug my heart, my blood,
> which all hurts because it's crooked;
> its weight sends her staggering.
> She has no bed, she has no home,
> she merely hangs on my sharp bones,
> flapping her terrible wings.
>
> And my hands are completely shot,
> shriveled, worn: here, take a look
> at how they clammily, clumsily hop
> like rain-crazed toads.
> As for all the other stuff,
> it's all used up and sad and old—
> why doesn't God haul me out to the muck
> and let me drop.
>
> Is it because of my mug
> with its frowning mouth?
> So often I would itch
> to be luminous and free of fog
> but nothing would approach
> except big dogs.
> And the dogs got zilch.
>
> Source: *Poetry* (June 2011).
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> Rainer Maria Rilke
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