Michael Cluff- A Poem

Eye to Eye

The vulture tries
to stare me down
and away
from the carrion
on the White's sideyard.


It will not win
it is only a matter
of principle
to me.

And in the auditorium
Seth recites something blandly
from either
"The Tempest" or
"All's Well that Ends Well."

It does not count
either way.