Friday, 15 March 2024

#1537 - what if the scheduled outage never came?

 


1537

5.76

16.iii.24

what if the scheduled outage never came?

after Cavafy

 

all the sinks full

kettle boiled, tea made

batteries charged

the apple washed

the toilet flushed

radio wound up for emergency

 

not a hot day

no fans required

for dinner call a cold collation

all of this well planned

 

at the stroke of what-was-it

should be?

but the moment passed

meaning simply

ye know not the hour

then one must be prepared

and in the meantime

just go on as if

 

guitar, piano untouched

every book off-screen unread

 

who would go wallaby watching?

who’d tip the leaf for green?

who’d see the flutter down if?

 

and the coal in the wires

smoke in the air

what barabarisms would continue?

 

it’s just like a clock never struck

though it did

 

what if we were waiting for that deadline

but the world spun on?







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