I am writing as if something sad
that hasn’t happened yet, & might not happen
at all, has already happened because I want
to memorialize this potential-for-sadness
& if I wait, Life will either rob me of this
by delivering some kind of joy
or will in fact manifest this sadness
but in an uncontrollable way, in some way
that will prevent me from composing
this self that is capable of enumerating his descent.
Nate Pritts is the author of three full-length books of poems - The Wonderfull Yeare (Cooper Dillon Books, 2010), Honorary Astronaut (Ghost Road Press, 2008) & Sensational Spectacular (BlazeVOX, 2007). He works online with gifted students through Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Talented Youth. The founder & principal editor of H_NGM_N, find him online at http://www.natepritts.com
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