The Touchable Man


My pores exude a powerful poison.
My breaths are searing hot.
I am a touchable man
                          that should never be touched.

I am a touchable man
                          that should never be touched.
I have silky emotions
                    that should never be felt,
          and a dangerous mind
                                   where the gods once knelt
                                                  awed
                                                  by the ability of  Man
                                                                              at self-deception.
I am a touchable man
                          that should never be touched.

I am a touchable man
                          that should never be touched.
I have too many sins
                         too heinous to confess,
          and a thousand hearts
                                      wrestling in my breast.

And a thousand hearts wrestling in my breast. 


June 1996