Hank Dumas’ Thoughts

These are

Henry Dumas' Thoughts



Love came to me and said:

What do you want of me?



Save me I said, Save me

Love knelt down beside me and said:



If you knew the price

Of coming to you



You would ask nothing

But would give



I flew into the country of the mind

And there my wings froze



I fell

Thought sculptured me in stone



You're lying, said memory

You're asleep, said forgetfulness



Hate is also creative

It creates more hate



With an eyelash I etched

Your form upon the moon



The sun bending over the basins of

My eyes this morning washed my hands