Saturday, May 17, 2014

AUX SEND by Dan Smart

A poem from my good friend, Dan Smart. It, and other excellent poetry, can be found here at his website RHYTHM IS THE INSTRUMENT.

AUX SEND

Lest it should 
seem
as if he's actually singing 

you something—rest
assured, dear reader, that
he's merely returning 

back to the world 
what he's already heard—

a fraction 
or so 
of a whole lifetime later

only—darker,
more diffuse,
and a little less useful;

because a poet can't explain
even the tail-
end of things—he just covers it

quick—
with feathers. 

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