Tuesday, July 29, 2025

FINAL JEOPARDY

          (after Robert Creeley)

Walking here, 
standing there, 
killing time 
and yawning—

sitting around 
talking, thinking, 
tinkering 
with the longing 

for anything 
to start, stop, 
bind, or burst 
into flame; 

for anyone 
to come or go, 
to curse or keen-
ly call your name—

what is a life 
when you haul-
out its engine and 
take it apart? What is 

a car 
that won't start.