End To End

That first book

That last book

That next book

That other book

Beginning and ending in the middle

  —they all turn out the same

 

The first book

The last book

The middle book

The forgotten book

Memory plagues that already said

  —only to be said again

 

The first book

The last book

The borrowed book

The successful book

Images recreated

  —as words jump page to page

 

The first book

The last book

The closing book

The memory book

An orchestra calls a final waltz

  —its conductor off the stage

 

The promised book

The distant book

The transforming book

The forever book

Sameness trapped a clone of time

   —as difference strikes again

 

That finished book

That published book

That famous book

That holy book

All critics choking in the dark

  —light burning end to end

 

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2014)

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