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The Runner
by styx Friday, Sep 17 2010, 11:04pm
international / prose/poetry / literature

"All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in dynamic relation to everything else." -- Buddha

The price of avoiding
responsibility for ur actions –
notwithstanding its infantile pathology
-- is they accrue and build
into an irresistible force
that one day (be assured)
demands expression;
usually when least expected
or when resistance is lowest,
then, wham!

a tidal wave of self-confrontation
and ugly karmic burdens
instantly released,
without the buffers
that exist when dealing with life’s
responsibilities as they arise.

I knew u, a sad case,
dead now;
such was the measure of ur fear
of taking responsibility
for ur actions
that u slit ur wrists when overcome.

I found you,
devoid now of all responsibility
until the next life --
no one gets out
without paying the ‘banker’
every last cent --

a tragic case,
no red, passionate blood to be seen
only lemonade
oozing from ur lacerated wrists.

I will never forget
that loveless
haunted
lost
expression
on ur
contorted
dead face.

Death of a Clown -- The Kinks