whether we doubtlessly measure,
or we doubt and are measureless,
time. is. passing.
{all of it is here}
the hands of her clock
cradle our bodies;
slip through our tongues,
we rock in her palms,
wrinkle in her touch.
keeping an eye
on the watch,
we meet for tea,
for two, at one,
on the dot,
{it is the hour of the monkey}
she keeps
us ticking
and talking,
rocking and walking,
knocking and knocking.
knock.
knock.
{a sound is heard}
‘who’s there?’
{says a voice}
‘a circle.’
‘a circle who?’
{says time}
‘a circle who drew’
itself.
'but why?'
{for its
beginning
to meet
its end}.
or we doubt and are measureless,
time. is. passing.
{all of it is here}
the hands of her clock
cradle our bodies;
slip through our tongues,
we rock in her palms,
wrinkle in her touch.
keeping an eye
on the watch,
we meet for tea,
for two, at one,
on the dot,
{it is the hour of the monkey}
she keeps
us ticking
and talking,
rocking and walking,
knocking and knocking.
knock.
knock.
{a sound is heard}
‘who’s there?’
{says a voice}
‘a circle.’
‘a circle who?’
{says time}
‘a circle who drew’
itself.
'but why?'
{for its
beginning
to meet
its end}.