by David Radavich
When the pensions end,
shall we commit
our suicide?
It is an option
of life,
a kind of torch
carrying
against a night
not of our
making.
Before
I would not
have thought
of endings.
But now
the swan calls
to its mate carving
the still waters.
Tomorrow
is another day
that may
no longer
need us.
David Radavich’s latest books include America Bound: An Epic for Our Time (2007), Canonicals: Love’s Hours (2009), and most recently, Middle-East Mezze (2011). His plays have been produced across the U.S., including six Off-Off-Broadway, and in Europe . Recently he won the 2012 MidAmerica Award for his contributions to Midwestern literature and scholarship. He currently is working on a new collection, The Countries We Live In.
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