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.
*
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.
