The FAB&PP Poem of the Month for March 2004




the story
is built
by pieces

con
versation
s
natches

    sunlit
    snow glare
    clouds
    and dawn
    light

recognized
familiar

as the taste
of time
the sensation
of separation
and contentment

    the young men
    stir themselves
    the others
    older
            re
    cover their
    patterns

the traffic moves
in parallel

the readers
shift and
settle

how many
listening
how many
marking
time on
paper or
in the air
the messages
crackle
with pretended
meaning

the assertions
and un
derstand
ings
and mysteries
of irrelevance
and the
surrounding
silence
filling the
page

the ediface
ephermal
and banal
as the concept
of
arrival
constructed
over measured
time

each piece
slipping upon
the other

the shape of
time reflected
in the walls

the slump of
decay
an
ticipated
in
the rise
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