Calendars Are Timeless

On such a date in such a year,
So-and-so was doing something,
And the prose is off and running,

Having established position
On the board ahead of a move.
All dates are mental addresses

For elastic storage units,
Since exact time is always space,
Always location, in language.

So-and-so may show up again
In many other cubbyholes,
But for this narrative thread, home

Is this bend in the labyrinth,
This chamber of the nautilus.