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Alienation MAG
June 2, 2009
As I sit translating
latin so foreign in tongue to me
but so close in soul to me
the epics of heroes, order, and reason
sing to me their stories
planting scenes of courageous deeds
straightforward evils
and triumphant good, always
as I sit translating
overhearing a conversation
so close in tongue to me
but so alien in soul to me
I fail to notice any reason
any rationality, sense
the queer actions
of my contemporaries
force me to question
how tangible is my sanity
perhaps I belong in another age
an epoch that understands me?
© Hannah U., Staten Island, NY
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