As It Is...
why can't i understand
your fascination with paramecium?
it's not as if life needs to be
complex, confused, disordered - by order
you count steps, give detailed directions
you will not stop - you won't allow - just won't allow
the train to stop, if it does
you begin again - begin again - begin again
there is a horrid rash on watchless wrists
a fleeting reminder
an old grandfather clock
no longer points directions,
handless - as it is, as it is, as it is
there must be a diary key to unlock,
unlock my relatively small world
stocked with all the solutions -
liquids that polished, bleached and shined
but shoved back, too far back on shelves
built for amazons -
without a good, strong stretch or climb
they remain never within my reach
your calendar is a heavy tome
the places i've never been
exchanged for routine rituals
vitamins and newspapers
emotions dashed about in traffic
if only i could understand
your fascination with paramecium
would you unblock a day
or continue to pencil me in?
Deborah Russell, 2003
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