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SPECULATION ON SUFFERING

On a Babylonian bas-relief,

An antelope fawn’s

Forelegs collapse;

Neck taut, it swings

Its head back

As a lion latches

Onto its hindquarters.

How stable a moment

Of suffering:

Fixed and fused to flesh,

The fold at the forward

Corner of the fawn’s eye

Giving in, it looks like,

To sleep, yet the eye

Is wide open,

Attentive, not resigned,

But fraught, fearful,

Consumed by seeing.