Wednesday 17 August 2022

by prior rearrangement

 by prior rearrangement 


having cleared my shelves

it is surprisingly clear

how many books have gone

in one year and out the other


and now


i can rearrange all my poetry books

alpha beta i can order theta all the way across 

as many shelves as there are poets

in this tower of babel 


and then


when the dust has settled

my fingers will tickle their spines

their promises of forever down

the string theory of words

convolutions of thoughts opening

their minds to my inviting hands

gently down the steps 

gently into the water


a gasp


and it’s all over me

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