Tagged: minute
the language of time
the language of time
is mysterious – for one
full minute, we can
become riveted by every
bird twitch, a turning of the page
.
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at the lake, every
at the lake, every
other minute shrinks, becomes
snagged by time’s seaweed
.
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perhaps the details
perhaps the details
that matter now will no longer
matter a year, a
day, eleven minutes from
now – we are all poor prophets
.
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within every hour,
on a pork shoulder
on a pork shoulder
kind of afternoon, wishes
are granted loosely,
promises fulfilled, and every
minute finger-lickin’ sweet
.
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we are dangling
we are dangling
our feet over this minute
and the next, waiting
for the world to end, not with
a bang, but a solar eclipse
.
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minutes give way to
melancholy makes
melancholy makes
minute explosions within
the heart, when unplucked
.
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we act as if time
we act as if time
were limitless, not seeing
the hour, the minute,
the second until it’s out
of view, unrealized –
you tell me this
at the bus stop,
waiting for
the 22 on Mission,
as if it were the best
place to stop time,
delay departures
.
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at the intersection
at the intersection
to evening, we charter
every minute to take
us home, cut through
the seconds for
a fresh rinse
.
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