Universal Pantoum

 

By Ken Shiovitz

 

I

Shades of sunlit air,

The second hand ticks on,

Across forehead wind flips hair,

From here to the horizon,

 

The second hand ticks on,

Bridging womb and grave,

From here to the horizon,

Learning from the brave,

 

Bridging womb and grave,

Grading each affair,

Learning from the brave,

Shades of sunlit air.

 

 

 

II

Eyes adjust in dark,

I awaken out of time,

Urge body to debark,

Judge distance while supine,

 

I awaken out of time,

Lay here moving nil,

Judge distance while supine,

Know that I am still,

 

Lay here moving nil,

Hear laughing in the park,

Know that I am still,

Eyes adjust in dark.

 

 

 


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