The Way Through
the way through
contains its own detours
each a perilous diversion
imbued with false light.
paths fettered
with pebbles
sink into the small of my foot
as I step carefully
through the burdens of each,
balancing the caption
above my head
the one
made famous
by some erstwhile poet
who trod these paths long before me
the path least known,
least trod upon
makes all the difference
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