Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Damn the Office Window

Another one, given
to a succession of interruptions
and the usual absences.
Lesser devotions,
barely materialized
and strung together
with good intention.

Subtitles. Submenus.
Subtitles of subtitles
and submenus of submenus.
Subselves of subselves.
Attentions halved and quartered,
diced and minced.
Parenthetical, variable,
an algebraic snarl.

Outside, the mottled sky.
The sway of Plateau Live Oak.
The Lesser Goldfinch fumbling
over dandelion bloom.
Don't look. It will distract
from distractions and sub-distractions,
from the succession of interruptions.

2 comments:

  1. I like how you bring in the Lesser Goldfinch, fumbling. Vivid image.

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    1. Lots of goldfinch fumbling going on outside my office window these days.

      Bring in the Lesser Goldfinch!

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