Never

We’re feeling elusive,
Recalcitrant today.
We don’t want to comment

On the state of the world,
Anyone’s childhood sins
Or wicked ancestors.

We don’t want to observe
Nature in front of us,
Anything that’s present.

We want to pull aside
Everything is and was
Until we reach something that’s not,

Never was nor will be.
Haven’t you ever felt
Like you wanted to look

Directly at what’s not
In existence, to sense
What it is that isn’t?