who shored up his old bed
with the books of rival poets.
He used library copies
to prop up the missing leg
so no one else could read them.
His ex-wife’s book,
among the fallen.
All this was revealed
when he was carted off
to the funny farm, mid-semester.
Funny that we were discussing
a photo of an enraged Ezra Pound
crouched in a cage
at the time.
8/31/2012
added, rev. 8/21
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