The Important Was Overlooked In the Relationship

THE IMPORTANT WAS OVERLOOKED
IN THE RELATIONSHIP

To say “goodbye” when it is not raining or
A thunder storm
Is not sending out zigzagging lightning across restless
Dark clouds
Is to be secular,

And an irregular attendance at horse shows where
The horses tap dance,
And riders wear black Spanish hats with black globular
Tassels,
And tuxedoes with red cummerbunds.

It is like be sequestered from sequins,
And finding
Sparrows
Taking sand baths in the sand
Under
The ramparts of medieval castles
In Mantua,
Where Virgil and Sordello
Were born.

Now, I have stopped seeing empty
Champagne bottles
Sending our their greens
On a white floor,
While in another room, a brown rug burned.

Now an absence
Leads to the discovery of a
Quintessence.

Thales, I have gone by goodbyes beyond
Air,
Fire,
Earth
And water.


Duane Locke

Posted over on The Hold