What is the age
of reality itself
Older than
a metaphor
Unreferenced
on a shelf
What is the distance
unmeasured from within
Spoken of
but never seen
A poets
dying whim
What is time uncounted
as numbers lose their clout
The hourglass
returned to sand
An abacus
in doubt
What is love ungifted
but feelings’ last excuse
To roam unlinked
between the chains
And blame it
—on the Muse
(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)
Neither over nor under,
ahead or behind
My position unreferenced,
your judgment still blind
Not over or under,
ahead or behind
So easy once labeled
—so hard undefined
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)
Neither over nor under
ahead or behind
My position unreferenced
your judgment still blind
Not over nor under
ahead or behind
So easy once labeled
—so hard undefined
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)
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