Assisi: An Online Journal of Arts & Letters Volume 4, Issues 1 & 2 | Page 69

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JANE BLANCHARD

OVERLOAD
It was the last straw—
on top of everything—
that kept anything
from feeling or being
the same again.
This very last straw—
insignificant
in and of itself—
made the whole load
weightier and worse.
This was the straw
that broke the back
of the camel bending
to pass through
the eye of the needle.
If only the beast
had hurt its hoof
under a lighter burden
and had been unavailable
for the unbearable.

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