Wednesday, 15 May 2024

#1598 - cheek by jowl




1598

5.137

16.v.24

cheek by jowl

 

I have always felt

those close in the alphabet

were relatives of a sort

like those near one’s birthday

 

we are called from the same roll

absent selves equally

 

or the people on the street you’ve passed

with their few degrees of separation

 

the ones on tv

sheltering from the blast

(that’s why they’re there)

 

terrible things each other does

 

shook for the rest of a life

otherwise never so far from mine

 

of course punched senseless

the eye and its mind

 

by the grace of

thus

our flight from to fellow feeling

 

broken, the rat in my trap

breathing last

shining bright to bristle

 

all creatures of a horoscope

companions of the way

 

hutch hidden

or breezing it up

 

each its own heaven hell

 

leafly to joy

 

the ants

I smell them working

and they smell the rain

 

even a tree will bleed

 

and all of us are dancing

heads up

toes tucked in below

 

on this very same blue ball


 






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