Issue # 10 August 2011
Yokei
The Way of Men

O, what men dare do! what men may do! what men daily do, not knowing what they do!

William Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing

1

strong
chains:
mirror–
reflection
and in it I see
what man has locked these chains on me

2

she
weeps
head up–
he kisses
the neck he strangles
his hard words (the rope he uses)

3

And
now
the gray
of his hair
beckons memory
of love gained, lost, and gained again