for the man

of his time

by Roberto Lavidez

everything

was dogmatic

for the man

of his time

who was

trying to

escape

his time

the path

was very

rough

and full

of thorns

the smoldering

ashes sent

a sickening

plume into

the sky

carried with it

a whole panoply

of ceremonial

display

shaping

paradoxes

which have

aroused

the uncomprehending

anger of others

there had to

be an

underhanded

spiteful motive

the state of

the self

is something

to overcome

a condition

to transcend

whole areas

of our experience

were to be

considered

as having never

existed beyond

the fragile

boundaries

of discretion

as damning

as it was

unsupported

by events

irrespective of

how justifiable

they may be

that’s when

you start

to do

a revision

of the real

history

with the

power of the

written word

in the phraseology

of the left and

the right

there should be

no abandonment

of extremes

one must gain

greater

advantages

from efforts

in the

struggle

for life

one must

discover

the outlines

of his own

earthly

paradise

a lyrical style

that seems

to burst

uncontrollably

into free verse

from time

to time

unless one

does not have

a small fiefdom

that could settle

the problem

in its own way

or the disposition

to be able

to play

a leading role

in his true

historical

drama

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