Lasso the Wind, Timothy Eagan

essay after essay strips comfortable
illusion from the pain of the West -
you can't buy your way free, though many try.

A Short History of Byzantium

a short history of Byzantium -
     wasn't, as you might expect. sigh.
               (slaughter, slaughter, everywhere)

Sedona Method, Hale Dwoskin

I came, I fought, I
let it go -
and then again.