Helping Verbs Work:
Solutions to an Old Equation #35
Are you hearing it yet? How stalwart the force
of “I cannot” stands up in the self?
But here’s the shocker, my friend, no one
knows at what moment it will stand—or collapse.
Can I betray my friend? Can I slash my spouse
across the mouth? Can I stab a child?
Can I let war’s barbarity blaze
without immolating myself in protest?