Thursday, June 23, 2022

Tiny Watches

There is no good excuse for dragging your feet

even soldiers tired from soot and earth and flour

are not crying

These missiles won't mislead you

all you have to do is shoot

Would you wind up married, to the groom residing

inside my boot?

Please release the hounds

you weigh a hundred pounds

and you are not facing this circular mirror

this globe this sun this sphere

of life this earth who has seen

a million dreams come and go

the dinosaurs underwater know

that snow melts and the South Pole slows down

the ocean I am roaming on

while you are stoned

on the phone

talking to Time

unwinding the cord

it's all we can afford.

It's all we can aim towards.

As we spin around.