no country for young men

(James Siena: Untitled Yellow-Black via)

Weaver Adams (with a mention of Durkin).

in cancerland, where i may not run,
dreamquicksand floors, & here is gallumphing pain;
i only see the ones that got away.
what could i tell them else? pain is a drill,
a teacher though unwelcome? rhetoric meets
reality in the span of sixteen fingers
where i may not run, in cancerland.

Lake Toba supervolcano.