The Smell of Yellowed Paper
How often do we begin
with the death of things?
Don't the authors know?
It is simpler to begin
newly from dust.
Puzzles of starvation
tangled knots of war and tattered luxury
and universal suffering.
Starting a fire is the simpler answer,
to rid the world
of the tragedies contained
within the yellow-papered smell.
MGB
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