DUAL CITIZEN

DUAL CITIZEN

I am writing you
this missive

conscious of the tiny
devil on my shoulder
winged like a bat
trying to
get my poem
to parrot
    the rhetoric
that just steams out
of his mouth
hot Nuremberg style

meanwhile, the other
entity meant to balance
this duality
    (put stuff in equipoise
to reflect
a Gemini moon)

creature angelic but
in semi-
state of rapture
leaving me to my
own
   (and demonic devices)
as it flutters below
the ceiling chasing
                          less
than celestial light

and so, here it is, a
text which
          could have been
more measured, produced
better
    individuation

come to your reckoning, I guess
you will be caught
in
   and between,
unsure
    of where I stand
and where
      to put your feet

remember the truisms about
lining and cloud
       (Blake’s
little imp)

silver where leaden
but all manner of danger
should
       they beam pure gold

I tell you this
            with heart undivided
yet
   complete dual citizen