with my enemies
they too unable
to touch in me;
to do me bad
how go his walking distances
to the center of the un
iverse?
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the intricacies of everydaytime
while watching at decade's end's end.
and dogs, once set to howling, do not stop.
did not stop, you say. did not stop, we refrain.
and the numbers began to come in uncounted.
(in the millions, a newsman says)
in the millions he said, you say.
in the millions he said, we repeat.
altogether and slowly and clearly,
three times, no more no less:
in the millions he said
in the millions he said
in the millions he said
and where once it was crowded but no longer so
we step back the three steps in order to
step forward the three steps to where once
he was when it was crowded ... we whisper
no longer so no longer so no longer so
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the intricacies of everydaytime
while watching at decade's end's end.
from chairs to floors. from floors to chairs.
in dimensions once measured that way–
each man his decade of dreams, his,
count them, one two three four cubits.
how high were those chairs? how far from the floor?
did your feet ... could your feet touch the ground?
I once heard feet on a cold ground,
they were running, but never far enough;
where go those walking distances?
can they be run? can they be run
at the unheard of speeds of our age
you, winded at decade's end,
