The Camel Threads

No off position
on the genius switch

No light
to then burn out

No cracks to form
on Leonardo’s bronze

No Frazier Ali
rout

The expectations
stretch beyond

What humanity
can span

The eye of the needle,
the camel threads

What always could
—still can

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2020)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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