Best Poems Written by John Valentine

Zeno On Vacation

Zeno on Vacation

		           - In praise of immobility

	


		It certainly isn’t far from his room
		to the ocean. A few steps. Easily

		navigable, he says to himself. Not
		a thing to it. On with the sandals and

		away we go. The sun’s cooperative
		enough. So is the sand. But wait. Hold

		everything. A proof, clouds of logic
		blowing in from memory. The waves

		farther away now, much farther. Not
		going anywhere. Ever. Statuesque. And

		no way even to call his pal Heraclitus
		at the Tiki Bar. No way to meet the girls.

		How they got there, of course, he hasn’t
		the slightest idea.

Copyright © John Valentine | Year Posted 2015