The Thin Edge
Recognition is a razor
upon one side is memory—
image and word
while on the other lies nil
perhaps gray infinity—if even
that visual is too much for nothing
And how easily slices the face on
the edge
split vegetable membranes opaque but
always riding that nanometer ridge
Precarious is the person from the past
when he or she approaches the sharp line
on which most will remain forever hung up
falling down on either side
shorn petals, then halved
For thirteen years John Zedolik has taught English and Latin in a private all-girls school and in 2010 completed his Ph.D, in which he focused on the pragmatic comedy of the Canterbury Tales. However, he has had many jobs in his life, including archaeological field assistant, obituary writer, and television-screen-factory worker.
The Thin Edge by John Zedolik is a post from: Straylight Literary Magazine