Turn of Century

Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger.

~James Joyce. "Araby" (Short story in the collection Dubliners.) 1905.




My Poems

of all the things I do
driving selling waiting holding worrying
planning maneuvering hinting thinking
washing cleaning brushing shaving
lying cheating stealing killing
skulking hiding fleeing fearing
lending borrowing giving taking
leading following smelling stinking
my poems are true

January 6, 2000
Spokane

© Eric F. Lester 2000