Apology

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Apology

Why do I write today?

The beauty of

the terrible faces

of our nonentities

stirs me to it:

colored women

day workers⁠—

old and experienced⁠—

returning home at dusk

in cast off clothing

faces like

old Florentine oak.

Also

the set pieces

of your faces stir me⁠—

leading citizens⁠—

but not

in the same way.