knight of cups

this knight
is a troubadour
brings madness
of emotion
with the grace
of a fish.

this star
is an experience:
self-contained
dread of error
questioning the path
of the heart.

this sorrow
is laughable
your waking life
a lower order –
warmhearted mischance
of physical love.

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Source texts:
Strange News from Another Star by Hermann Hesse
Power Tarot (‘Knight of Cups’) by Trish MacGregor and Phyllis Vega

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This poem originally appeared in the third post of the Found Poetry Collaboration at ArtiPeeps.