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.