escher poetry — [ζ] :: 8

among a song of spoken voices
after the tube’s insanity music ^*
i am calm

reflecting on reconnections
from half a century of diffidence
i am half calm

raising a poison sheep memory
more what ifs than a storm
i am half calm

what if girl A had listened
what if he B was ever a she
i am calm

all the clichés of undercurrents
break around like broken buoys
i am embarrassed

le train est pret pour partir
mon chien se cacher sous moi
je suis calme

^* bank branch camden to st pancras