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Incident by Norman MacCaig

Someone once asked me to do something impossible, and with all my heart, I did.

Incident
Norman MacCaig

I look across the table and think
(fiery with love)
Ask me, go on, ask me
to do something impossible,
something freakishly useless,
something unimaginable and inimitable

Like making a finger break into blossom
or walking for half an hour in twenty minutes
or remembering tomorrow.

I will you to ask it.
But all you say is
Will you give me a cigarette?
And I smile and,
returning to the marvelous world
of possibility
I give you one
with a hand that trembles
with a human trembling.

Comments (1)

  • sandy

    Breaks my heart. 🙁 The thought of falling in love again…

    reply

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