The lame and the halt. . . .

. . .so now i drag
the ball and chain
of perverse irony,
how wrong it seems
after all the years
of heat and exhaustion
and willful determination
to the finish line;
to suffer now the ignominious
fate of a lame and crippled fan
of all the brave souls
who still vie with themselves
and others in the
quest for the self. . .

September 2006