A moment that gave not only itself, but Also the means of keeping it, of not turning to dust... Or gestures somewhere up ahead But of becoming complicated like the torrent In new dark passages, tears and laughter which Are a sign of life, of distant life in this case.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Such moments as we prized in life: The promise of a new day, living with lots of people... All headed in more or less the same direction, the sound of this In the embracing stillness, but not the brutality, And lists of examples of lots of things, and shit....LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Sometimes a musical phrase would perfectly sum up The mood of a moment. One of those lovelorn sonatas... For wind instruments was riding past on a solemn white horse. Everybody wondered who the new arrival was.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
For although memories, of a season, for example, Melt into a single snapshot, one cannot guard, treasure... That stalled moment. It too is flowing, fleeting; It is a picture of flowing, scenery, though living, mortal, Over which an abstract action is laid out in blunt, Harsh strokes.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
But now moments surround us Like a crowd, some inquisitive faces, some hostile ones,... Some enigmatic or turned away to an anterior form of time Given once and for all. The jetstream inscribes a final flourish That melts as it stays.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
For these are moments only, moments of insight, And there are reaches to be attained,... A last level of anxiety that melts In becoming, like miles under the pilgrim's feet.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »