Saturday, May 17, 2014

At once


At once
We used
To grasp
The rail
Put there for
A steady climb
Or the other
Way descending

The rail's still there
Unworn
By hands
Drawn back
From sticky comfort
A fixture in need
Of moving touch

How these bolted things
Hang upon
Our every world
Carried
With us
Now














Tom McGlynn
copyright 2014

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