Hallway to Nowhere

Tag: time

  • We Waited (Poem)

    we waited as children

    time draped carelessly over our shoulders

    so lightly that we did not care

    we could find another hour or two or three

    hanging warm from the sun

    on the line stretched out back

    we waited as adults

    time crammed into backpacks and bags

    heavier now but still unregarded

    we’d grab spare minutes along with coffee

    whenever we needed extra

    we waited as elders

    time spread across the table

    weighty memories of things that never happened at all

    broken pieces of too many jigsaw lifetimes

    that trembling hands could not fit together

    we died and there was an end to waiting

  • If Crows Do Not Suffice (Poem)

    when the moment hangs so heavy

    there right there in front

    unexpected after a turn up a street

    so that you remember the weight of time

    and when you first felt its pressure

    again and again these encounters

    seemingly stochastic but you know better

    look up at the derelict casements

    and cracked glass windowpanes

    the peeling impermanent glory of ordinary passage

    the gritty testament to the beauty of wearing down

    with their comfort walk on and take care

    to step on each spider-webbed crack in the sidewalk

  • The Answer Is Idaho (Poem)

    she idly wondered in the conversation

    where does the time go

    I answered Idaho it goes to Idaho

    startled by this she laughed

    then looked thoughtful

    I explained further

    it’s true though most don’t know this

    Idaho has a huge reserve of buried time

    just sitting there waiting

    no one knows why or what to with it

    or even how to access it

    but if you run out of time try Idaho

    • Before Dawn (Poem)

      I strike the bowl.

      The moon appears.

      A chant drones.

      The floor trembles.

      Another strike.

      Time fissures.

      There is a brief smell of incense.

      All disappears.