Saturday, February 06, 2016

BLURRING THE DISTINCTIONS

The book randomly chosen tonight: Georgia O'Keeffe by Lisa Mintz Messinger. The random line, P.132: "...blurring the distinctions between what was near and what was far." 

BLURRING THE DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN WHAT WAS NEAR AND WHAT WAS FAR 

The future oh so distant
when I was just a child
is now the present instant
which I'm about to file. 


Maybe these distinctions
between the far and near
are only false convictions
we cling to out of fear

of being lost in space
with no sense of direction
which is, in fact, the case,
worthy of inspection.

Why not a history class
where some ancient bloody mess
is not taught as the past
but today's news, hot off the press?

Is everything déja vu?
Yes, I think so. Do yu?

2 comments:

Tom said...

It often seems to feel that way.

Natalie d'Arbeloff said...

It seems so to me too, Tom.