On Last Lines
The last line should strike like a lover’s complaint.
You should never see it coming.
And you should never hear the end of it.
Suzanne Buffam, "On Last Lines" from The Irrationalist. Copyright © 2010 by Suzanne Buffam. Reprinted by permission of Canarium Books.
Source:
The Irrationalist
(Canarium Books, 2010)