The Shaded Man

Let’s all praise
the shaded man –
evasive and abrasive
and invaded man –

the man for whom
chiaroscuro was invented –
the man in whom no sense
is circumvented –

whose adumbrations
of the heart suggest
minute circuitries
that can’t be guessed –

the man who lets
enigmas bloom –
the fully human
being in the room.





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