Sept. 25, 2014, 5:46 a.m.

ordinal (poem)

wonder systems

some
seem like searchlights
and show the world as a sandstorm
in which characteristic castles form
under their organizing gaze

others seem
more background
it takes time to note that
when nearby
one feels the rare present
for subtly has the sand quieted
and drifted into pattern
they are more the wind
than the light
more effect
than cause

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