7/28/2019 Free Will Demands Punishment
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Free Will demands punishment
They hung
me for clumsy crimes
and petty acts
committed unwittingly.
I hung
at wits end;
swung
back and forth
in time
with the ropes creak.
It did not concern me
to be hung -
coming from a treeI was used to the feel
of suspension.
I will admit
that hanging there
gave time for thought.
I regretted the hurt
to Geppetto who stood
below, eyes raised
as if I
a mysterious sacrifice.
My breath exited,
I found though
that toes
had kept some sort of consistency
with distant roots
while fingers
became leaves.
I spread out;soaked in the world
while time
became the preoccupation of those
who hung me.
When they cut me down (again)
I ran to Geppettos arms,
wept tears as thick as sap;
promised him Id do better
with a second chance.