pass'd
by Bill Allegrezza
late cities—the hours that move
I cannot explain to you
though space is time in crosses
before speakers who slide on poles
near concrete scored for motion
fires before
water tracing a number
a car turns
and direction is reversed
"i never heard homer sing over dinner"
actions end quickly
though no towers fall and ice covers burned out buildings
no one remembers now
rocks surround a tree (birds dive)
at bottom ancient libraries rest
covered in silt and wreckage
new sapphos to be revived
"a final answer under a starry sky
never came"
i am not leading you to a dinner table
but welcome you the same.
