There was no reason to panic
there was no reason to be clear
no reason to ask no reason to see

there was no reason to cry out
no reason to turn away
no reason to exert effort or to fail

there was no reason to wake up to agony
no reason to mourn the passing
of beloved myths & memories

for so long there was no reason
that soon enough there was no reason
for brevity no reason for precision

no reason for splitting hairs
no reason for overcoming the fire
no reason for winds / fear / warning

there was no reason for quiet or study
there was no reason & no reason
& no way to beget reason as such...

© 2003 Joseph Robertson

 

HARD RAIN
JOSEPH ROBERTSON
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