Friday, December 24, 2010
Rules
The Rule of One
Missing my coat
in Florida. It’s
warming some recipient
of Northern Charity.
I need it back. O
I could bring a photo
to my favorite store
and they could uncover
a duplicate. But not
the particular coat.
Never, ever, the particular.
The Rule of Two
A cat occurs on my sofa,
just a wispy white cravat
breaking her midnight black.
Gather unto docile arms
and out the door. Upon my
immediately returning, she’s there
again. Or twin. Or something mystic.
I don’t speculate but just reprise action. What-
ever. There’s a Rule of Two in some removals.
If that’s broken, and she’s once more there,
the universe, itself, is massively adjusting.
The Rule of One
Missing my coat
in Florida. It’s
warming some recipient
of Northern Charity.
I need it back. O
I could bring a photo
to my favorite store
and they could uncover
a duplicate. But not
the particular coat.
Never, ever, the particular.
The Rule of Two
A cat occurs on my sofa,
just a wispy white cravat
breaking her midnight black.
Gather unto docile arms
and out the door. Upon my
immediately returning, she’s there
again. Or twin. Or something mystic.
I don’t speculate but just reprise action. What-
ever. There’s a Rule of Two in some removals.
If that’s broken, and she’s once more there,
the universe, itself, is massively adjusting.
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