What Kills A Man
What Kills A Man
Bryan Thao Worra
Always small things:
A round.A round.A round.
Holes.Holes.HoleHoles.
Fumes.
Edges.
Split atoms.
A second.
A footstep.
A sip. A bite. A word. A cell.
A motion. An emotion. A dream.
A fool.
A bit of salt. A drop. A fragment.
The true root of arguments.
What kills a man is mysterious
Only in how minute the culprit
Behind the blow.
We’re careless, and forget:
Even when what kills a man
Is another man,
It is a small thing that kills a man,
The whole earth a single grain
On a sprawling table filled with the smallest things.