a pantoum
When you fit them together
in the right order,
the light comes on
& you get to see everything.
In the right order, no less.
As if for the first time.
You get to see everything,
in all its shape & substance,
as if for the first time!
Although what can one do but look
upon all that shape & substance?
We’ve been there before.
What can one do but look upon
what is, after all, another beginning?
We’ve been there before, although
it’s important to make the right noises
(it is, after all, another beginning);
& when you fit them together
(the right noises that is)
the light comes on.
When you fit them together
in the right order,
the light comes on
& you get to see everything.
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Dominic Rivron
Picture William F. Adams
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