The Opening
That was the day
commonsense said
close down, when
contrarily an opening
occurred, up and out
and along, through
and beyond, and
below. Better supply
an agent, a do-er? -
but by any measure
it was impersonal.
What sort of opening? -
a string of prepositions
doesn’t much help -
aren’t some of them adverbs? -
a classier class of word,
freestanding almost.
What had been closed
or verging on closed,
recoiled from closure,
the sun shone here
which elsewhere was
(reports insisted)
unavailable;
the earth turned as
per normal sharing
around equally light,
dusk, darkness, dawn.
That was not the point.
What did the sun bring?
What came with it? -
we don’t talk causation,
cause and effect, here -
an opening, a re-
awakening, stirring
from sleep, body-parts
serving awareness
beyond, above,
like parts of speech
instinct with life.
At the corner by a sign:
No Exit - Snow Closure,
I stood with a dog,
nonplussed both. Springtime,
a daylight moon above
and a snowy range beyond.
That’s what it presented as,
yes, a sort of opening,
prepositioning me -
light from above and down,
around and back above,
beyond and beyond beyond.
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