Some Days
Clouds are striating
they form a road into the distance - telescoping
there is a forgotten city beyond the horizon
where everything is perfect
Some days I just don't know
The letters lay themselves across the tracks
they tie themselves down
and they wait for the train to come
This isn't about poetry - that is tired
this is about the break along the horizon
that birds peel themselves out of - a cartwheel of fire
contained in the barrel of the sky
Let's plant things there
see if the line melts if perspective will allow
the flowers to look like skyscrapers
Words cannot stand today
Or any day really
Language tries to reach - to unfathom
it calls to us from a distance unmanageable
The lines of clouds race themselves
like soap down a drain
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