Joseph O'Keefe​

The Illusion of Being Free

 

 

 

Somewhere on the map between

the Illusion of being lost and the illusion of being free

 

sometime in that spell between

misdirection of thought and sleight of heart

 

there is every reason to believe

we will find in the hot distant sand,

even without using a compass,

perhaps a broken cup, a rusty knife, and the shards

of a prized, intricate compass.

 

All of which will hint this expedition should probably go forward,

with a probable stowaway’s 

probable resolve

and at an extravagant expense,

gifted to those whom we scarcely know,

and, privately, ourselves.

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