Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Retroprojective Verse

Headlong as Joanne Kyger,
We, you and us, flesh and words,
Rush to run away from this

Into the arms of not us.
Well, she was still young, writing
Of hopeful rushing, Joanne

Was, and then more decades rushed
Past her, and then she wasn’t.
This morning, those bodies crushed

In recent catastrophes
Remind us, whether you rush
Out into the world or sit

With us, smitten with glory,
What’s not is dimensionless.

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