Double object: oak shelf, chain, back of photograph, back of person.
TWO KINDS
ASCENT
blue and pink.
Friends trudge many years.
All the time, in one direction…
Each at his own pace, invisible,
past Spinoza and master Dogen.
Turning away…
from the force of gravity.
A catenary, the chain hanging.
Away from…
the shadow within a lightning bolt…
a past left in silence.
