kari edwards
obedience: 135
simply because they say – simply because – because in the divine splendor of words – unseated in
neither disruption nor persecution – abandoned in the harassment of a defrocked parking lot – always clinging to the carnage and arriving in vain – because words freeze over the air in nothing wanting – waiting in a shipwreck of time – always wanting – always hoping – untenable and inevitable – a law despite everything – a promise fixing the body – an account simply because they say – simply because – because in the divine splendor of words –