“Crone poem (we’re all gonna die)” by Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet (poetry ’05)

Crone poem (we’re all gonna die)

and how could I have come
more than halfway and not know, I mean

I say it often enough. This is how
we talk tough, out here in the dark wood

where the direct way is lost though hey
it looks pretty clear to me, one-way trip

fire to fire. Even you, asshole,
the one with the big gun

on your shoulder, brandishing your right
to brandish your fear.

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