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Poetry by Robley Whitson
A word,
itself the whole sentence,
but a verb only
action pure action;
no subject no object,
never modified;
a verb unchanging,
no past or future,
no over-and-gone,
no not-yet —-
never that!
Forever.
We did not then know what
Forever
meant —-
means.
For the ever
that is this
itself the whole sentence,
but a verb only
action pure action;
no subject no object,
never modified;
a verb unchanging,
no past or future,
no over-and-gone,
no not-yet —-
never that!
Forever.
We did not then know what
Forever
meant —-
means.
For the ever
that is this
All of them
one,
one only —-
So no
one,
one only —-
So no
Learning to Speak
always,
all these ways to be.
all these ways to be.
of-them.
The Forever
That is this one
That is this one
held
embraced
kissed —
embraced
kissed —
that is this
one mouth
one breath
one flesh —
one breath
one flesh —
that is not
an everyone,
anyone.
anyone.
The Forever
that is
that is
Me.
Me only.
Both of Me.
So: Us
Me only.
Both of Me.
So: Us
For the ever
that is not
all of them
together.
that is not
all of them
together.
day
year
moment —-
year
moment —-