Subject To Time


 . . . eyes stained with clouds . . .

-Joseph Brodsky, “Törnfallet”

 

And smeared with the smoke of tailpipes

are the legs

all the way through

these brand new jeans.

 

The chest took a bullet from the expanse

and left it blue

to prove that space

fills everything

 

And distance is not subject to time

they’ve been

discontinued.

Get used to it as eyes drift from books

and up to the sky

Anything can change

even if only

for a trial run.

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Poet, pseudo-philosopher, blue collar overnight worker, former cook, vegan, coffee drinker, independent author of This Sentimental Education, Back Pocket Book and Distilled! and A Northern Elegy and Back Pocket Book. Student of languages and linguistics, and the mind behind kjpgarcia.wordpress.com. View all posts by kjpgarcia

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