In these times
we walk in shadows
or in glorious light
the position of the Sun
meaningless
compared to the
compass
within us.
This truism, uninspiring
and dull as the wet
warnings in a public
toilet,
replete with low quality
graphics,
is one of the only
fixed things pinning
us to life.
"Nothing Lasts Forever"
can give us
Hope
Despair
Contentment
Fortitude
Joy
Improvisation
Daring
- a shopping list of life's little fingers and teeth.
We were walking to the haji mart
when we found a baby on the ground
at first we thought
he was a doll, a very realistic
doll,but
no dice.
You didn't know
what to do,but
bless him, i did from that
time when i thought things were
going to work out
he was in a nest of brown
paper bags his skin
was just a shade
brighter
naked little chicken
I took off my shirt
and rolled him into it
he was so cold
when i saw his eyes
and he saw mine
i held him to my naked chest
and damn me
if he didn't latch on
you said we should call
somebody
you're right i said,
but just the same i
could not put him down.
