My Master worries.
When I sit in his lap I
can feel him worry
to death old questions.
If he asked me, I’d answer:
the way my weight fills
your empty lap, the
sound of my deep purring re-
sounding in your flesh
is theodicy,
is beyond your thinking thoughts
in your nothingness.
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Tom D'Evelyn is a private editor and writing tutor in Cranston RI and, thanks to the web, across the US and in the UK. He can be reached at tom.develyn@comcast.net. D'Evelyn has a PhD in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley. Before retiring he held positions at The Christian Science Monitor, Harvard University Press, Boston University and Brown University. He ran a literary agency for ten years, publishing books by Leonard Nathan and Arthur Quinn, among others. Before moving to Portland OR he was managing editor at Single Island Press, Portsmouth NH. He blogs at http://tdevelyn.com and other sites.
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