After years spent waiting
for impoverishment
to lessen—
for tall ships
which tread the air
to bear us away
from the ignorance
of here,
the truth of who
and what we are
may finally strike us
as priceless-
ly ordinary:
our ticket
to sail has been
punched all along,
and we've already
taken what the world
has to give.
has a diamond in it;
we are all so rich
that nobody is.
