Tainted
by Katrina Hays
One
I
hate gray.
Have no truck
for matters of
balance, subtlety,
issues requiring
reasoned, rational approach.
Please, let me be limited by
fear, anger, the narrow confines of
absolutes: blacks, whites, utter certainties.
Two
Rage.
My own
poisoning.
Heavy metal
collapses cell wall,
wreaks havoc in my blood,
pools interior darkness.
Invisibly ruined, and still I
stand—smiling—shake your hand: very pretty.
Katrina Hays is a second-year MFA student with the Rainier Writing Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University. She is the editor of Soundings, the RWW newsletter. She lives in Bend, Oregon.
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