Marmalade Over Butter
Marmalade Over Butter
All things are the same
the longer you look
Like rhythms at first distinct
like things with reference
like the asymmetrical, the unequal,
slowly melding
like mountains eroding under waves
forgotten, but not in a bad way
All things taste the same
the more you try
Like jam on toast
an exception being marmalade
It must be its citrus tang
floating on dripping butter
like my dreams of childhood
remembered above important things
All time is the same thing
past and present anyway
Varying only in light and circumstance
like morning sun in May woods,
or a burning sunset over hills
dawn light on winter snow
requiring the interpretation of the viewer
who cares about such things
All shadows are the same thing
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