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The Other Christiana

On the eve again

of that upon

which so much now

feels hinged

how did he do it?

Franz Kafka, clerk

by day and man

of words by night

is it a switch?

Or compromise of needs?

A mouthless mind to feed

or mindless hands to mindless mouth

for mindless months and years

who wins the tug

of war

is it this and little more than

sitting somewhere half

between

‘success’ and that

unnamed scribbler from ChristianaÂ