Monday, February 15, 2021

IN THE TIME REMAINING

Those words 
echo loneliest 

which separate us most 

from what we 
unfailingly 

refer to as 
"the world."

*

To be where the action is

means to stay 
the course; 

that is, there is really 
nowhere 
I am going with this—

the future 
is that harbor 

where the ship cannot 
exist.


Yes 
I would settle 

for a vicarious happiness 

if only 
I could be sure

that yours wasn't 
plausibly 
more than a little

obligatory 

deficient

coerced.