Center Side of the Brain
copyright 1989, D. Leilehua Yuen

 



When they talk about
right and left sides
of the brain
They always leave out
the middle
Which is where
the dark thoughts
hide

At night they slip
down the spinal cord
to grab viscera
and twist
it into
painful shapes
of the past
and future

They show you
what you never were
and never will be.

1989, D. Leilehua Yuen
Previously unpublished