Sunday, January 27, 2013

Fretted Instrument


When you’re feeling
            oversweetly moved
by the quiet hum
            of passing traffic,
there’s always
            an uncertain anxiety,
and tassels growing listless
            in the breeze

to keep you feeling
            like you’re tied
to a reality,
            or at least longing
to be held in check.
            At least
there’s movement
            in uncertainty –

it befits you
            to feel a certain shock
at your own audacity,
            or maybe your humility
is beaming toward
            the surface.
Maybe you should have
            thought

twice, before creating
            the conditions
for advice. If you
            depart
before we have a chance
            to say
goodbye, at least you
            know

that there’s nothing in
            teaching
that should ever resemble
            someone’s pride
being shattered. If you
            want to know,
this has been a pleasant
            encounter

for me, and I hope
            one day
these oversweet
            sentiments are
just coming to a close
            when we meet
again, somewhere outside
            of here.

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