Demon

Feb 16, 2020 · 1 min read

Image for post — Photo by Ali Morshedlou on Unsplash

Image for post — Photo by Ali Morshedlou on Unsplash

The Demon
is polite
ever the gentleman.
He is not the Devil
but appreciates
the compliment.
Thank you, he says.

Good and evil
meaningless concepts
not meaningless
irrelevant.
The Demon
just smiles
at the definitions.

When I look
in the mirror
closely
I see him
waiting
patiently
waiting.

— Matthew S. Spira © 2020

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Matthew Spira

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Matthew Spira

Just a middle-aged dude doing middle-aged things. Poetry repository: matthewspira.org. 1st collection, The End of the Rainbow, on sale: http://amzn.to/32Kkt3d

Matthew Spira

Matthew Spira

Ever-growing collection of poetry. Now with audio (in-progress)!

Written by

Matthew Spira

Just a middle-aged dude doing middle-aged things. Poetry repository: matthewspira.org. 1st collection, The End of the Rainbow, on sale: http://amzn.to/32Kkt3d

Matthew Spira

Ever-growing collection of poetry. Now with audio (in-progress)!

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