Saturday, December 27, 2014

6181. IN THE RESPITE OF THE AGES

IN THE RESPITE 
OF THE AGES
As in putting a flag at half-staff : there is
no meaning worth the salt of such an 
encumbrance. Meanings, like movies,
elide and change their social patter. 
In trying to read our cuneiform shadows,
we mistake the message for the cut.
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Outside my downtown window, two
men are sweeping the expanse before
them : brooms, a pail, some water, and
the bags with which to hold the trash. 
They keep their heads down, intent 
on cleaning this world.


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