LETTER TO A DYING CHARACTER. SENTENCED TO OBLIVION. MORTALITY. FINALITY:
you were conceived by a miracle
a true immaculate conception, you were
a speck of flesh stimulated
by the pleasures of my mind
ejaculated onto a field of brilliant white
in a climax as shimmering as one million stars
forever memorialized... cannonized
but now you burden me with your presence
your inconvenience... and your weight
as you refuse to cooperate
and you taunt me... and elude me... and hide
do you fancy yourself a true child
you are but the offspring of whim and fantasy
i gave you life... after all
but you are inconsiderate... ungrateful... unkind
and so, though i made you up
here, i am bringing you down
