28 November 2007

Chapter 9: Anika

Anika, Anika
Sin or death
The darkness of Dick's life,
The fire that froze him,
The ruin he always longed for

Your sisters called you Ann,
Because they hated you.
Your mother called you Ann,
Because she hated you.
Your father never called you anything at all.

But Dick called you Ka,
Because it meant soul.
And he called it love--
The thing you showed him--
The hunger and the surety of loss.

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