Sunday, January 16, 2011

a time when time is not enough

every riven thing

There comes a time when time is not enough:
a hand takes hold or a hand lets go; cells swarm,
cease; high and cryless a white bird blazes beyond itself, to be itself, burning unconsumed.


"The Reservoir," Christian Wiman

[Milwaukee Avenue below Wood Street]

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Chicago, Illinois, United States