March 20, 1992 2:45 p.m. poetry by Michael F. Nyiri

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"Losing A Beat"

My heart is sinking
And I can't be thinking
Of the cold and dark
A devil's handy toy

She wrenched my emotion
And I haven't a notion
The wherefore's and why's
A total lack of joy.

Oh can the heartrend be painful
Again
Oh I just didn't know

Tears on the cusp at the ready
Again
But a coldness like steel does she show

Lord, I'm praying
And I'm always saying
I do not know
And there's always something wrong

I need emotion
And I haven't a notion
She has good reason
But reason's timepiece lasts too long.

1992

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