The FAB&PP Poem of the Month for August 2024


The Wheel

although it seems not
to pass
     it does

thumping through
the day like
it has a flat
     [or
     at least
     a slow
     leak]

it does move
in cycles
     revolving
     re
     peating

but only events

like empty
calls and silent
messages
     i'd
try to stay awake
through it
all
     but
     i know
     i can't

going by
coming back
and always
     more
     and more

encumbered

     [little stones
     picked up
     from the
     driveway

     bits of clagg
     stuck
     to the tread]

heavier
each time
a greater burden
     but
no connections no
completions

unstoppable
undivertable

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