Prophecy

J.D. Harms
Nov 3 · 1 min read
Photo by Pavan Trikutam on Unsplash

In order for me
to give you news
you have to not know
what I’m going to say

like the unused telephone
forgotten how
to dial out, to connect

I’ve no right to keep the news
from you
a jealous prescription
in hand

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J.D. Harms

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committed to the aesthetic voice, forever charmed by the endurance of myth, aiming for synthesis

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