Ashes Fall

ashes fall to the bottom of the sea- 
days are turned from east to west-
darkness settles in no direction-
time is considered meaning.

" let me finish. let me finish! " 
you once knew that everything is new- 
that the lost marching band has no maps- 
that the crowd will wait forever.

the blind men are catching cold in the rain-
teachers only teach themselves-
the pointing finger is on your hand-
the boarders of the universes are mirrors.

seeing is believing as believing is seeing- 
who is the dead man? 
a beggar kisses your feet-
remember the sun is chilled in winter.

historians are fools with clever jokes-
erosion retreats as it advances-
begin the fight with a hand shake-
would you chop down the family tree?

children will dance night or day- 
roaches seek the shadows-
artists open their mouths in the rain-
legs are straight against the ground.
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