All Photos and Poetry © 1986 - 2010 Christian Konopka
Song

And history
is squinting into
the songs that are
sung when people
touch

and the lies
are gasping under
the embrace of love
the jaded tongues
of lost moments
spinning a fragile web
of tales to cover
ones pain

and a handful of
fragrant autumn leaves
grabbed in passing
are covering
my throat

to stir the
sound
within