Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, INTROVERT, by BENJAMIN SIMMONS


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INTROVERT, by                    
First Line: My mind is a swamp
Last Line: O disinfecting thought!
Subject(s): Thought; Thinking


My mind is a swamp
From which come steaming vapors;
Some bear the stench of muck,
And nearly overcome me.
Some poison my body with mean thinking.
Some burn my nostrils with hatred for life.
Others make me fear I am insane.

Some hiss and bubble with remembrances
That chill me to the marrow.
Others, escaping, deposit crystals
Foul smelling of the past.

But now and then
A beautiful bubble emerges at the surface—
Forgiveness for an enemy,
Love for a child,
A common kindness, unhesitatingly done—
And therewith the swamp is purged,
As chlorin purges water.

O disinfecting thought!





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