Wednesday, February 11, 2026

poem

 Literary Criticism

Time’s infinite nature daunts 

Even the emptiest of minds


What do you like about Ashbery?

The rollercoaster ride, the bonfire

In the forest fending off

An orbit of yellow eyes

Now so close you can

Smell the singe of fur 


How about Simic?

The spare sliver of skin

Separated from the next 

By a single swing of the scythe 


If past and future disappear

The present must expand

This is everything


2/11/26

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