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THE WRONG ANGER
Not the rage at enlarged bellies or the struggle against missiles, not the fist at the Creator or disdain for all this luck but the sudden defence the portcullis of ego slid ready for blows when the work decays the effort's ignored the hard words come when the unfair dice condones fine fury the anger that sneers when the keep of self turns blind slits out undefeated and dead when the curtain walls turn inwards to guard their private hurt
KEN EDWARD SMITH

THE WRONG ANGER

Not the rage at enlarged bellies
or the struggle against missiles,
not the fist at the Creator
or disdain for all this luck

but the sudden defence
the portcullis of ego
slid ready for blows

when the work decays
the effort's ignored
the hard words come

when the unfair dice
condones fine fury
the anger that sneers

when the keep of self
turns blind slits out
undefeated and dead

when the curtain walls
turn inwards to guard
their private hurt

KEN EDWARD SMITH

from
New Hope International 1981-1982

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