Monday, February 7, 2022

UNDESCRIBED

Funny: at the beginning, 
we think 

we can 
know things

but looking back,
all really learned were 
their names

and their 
uses

and the differences 
between them.

*

When my life's work
is done
 
and I cannot finish 
another thought, 

perhaps I'll come back 
as a soft-
ticking wristwatch.

Imagine—all of time 
talking through me 

as I advance my way 
through its 
limitless music:

an incorruptible sentinel, 
perpetually standing 

between you 
and the very next 
thing you have to do. 

*

Okay. So maybe 
the whole thing was
a lie;

after we die, we don't 
really 
rise up—

but if we're lucky, 
we might 

atomize 
and fly

into 
undescribed others.