For M.D. (#0)

I've an uneasy heart
brittle mind
memory that betrays
failing reason
- Are you angry?

beware of my reason
its corner is dark
I used to see it there, in my dreams
I didn't know
that is what it was
until now, though I knew
something was there

full of threat
its capacity to usurp
relentless, unparalleled

a wide potential
to lose its potentiality
and actualize itself at my expense

it falls across the previous page
rolling backward like thick water
on hot pavement