Let a Joy Kill You

Oh, and I quick note about the darkish title I chose for my blog:  it's a line from one of my favourite poems..."Joy" by Carl Sandberg.

JOY

     LET a joy keep you.
Reach out your hands
And take it when it runs by,
As the Apache dancer
Clutches his woman.
I have seen them
Live long and laugh loud,
Sent on singing, singing,
Smashed to the heart
Under the ribs
With a terrible love.
Joy always,
Joy everywhere--
Let joy kill you!
Keep away from the little deaths.