Will Bending

Grade

when opinion is

brought on by suggestion

the anecdote

is not evidence enough

for handouts of daily anesthetic

to disguise the next disappointment

or as eating brains

can cure primitive intellect

the history of my mistakes

bases on the pretense

of being paid to

paint over spiders as important

instead of listening to the

leaves as they amplify

the beat of the rain

we take a hammer to the head