December 1986

Encounter

hate!

sudden

vicious

flaming

destroying with its fire

reason

love

concern

your life is obscene

you appal me

in hate

I turn a page

suddenly

wrathfully

why?

I too am ill

with chains as ugly

as yours

in the eye of God

I too am ill

yet loved by God

as you must be

Upon reading about a man named

Todd Shuttleworth in the Time of

December 8, 1986