Daniel O’Neil photo
By
M. Thomas Ellis
The Heart Of The Matter
How many will howl with the mad dog?
that is the question we ask, those of us
close to the heart of the matter, those of us
not resembling the righteous prescription.
The beast barks, yowls, and nips, insinuating
his pack towards heinous acts of herd purity,
homogenizing transgressions
always the last resort of endangered brutes.
Will it ever come to that, could it ever be that
a knock might someday abuse our queer doors,
come to cast us off into that deafening silence,
the disease eradicated, the remedy final?
By those who would as soon see us
Dead?
M. Thomas Ellis
M. Thomas Ellis is recently retired and enjoying his transplantation from chilly Minnesota to the sunny west coast of Florida. He has only just begun submitting his poetry for publication and may someday have a few credits to list.
I love this Michael. Let's hope it does not come to this silence too soon.