the Bolt

watch them come in
go out
hover in the threshold
deciding.
the door swinging 'round the bolt,
the bolt in the hinge
the bolt holding two together.

past and future
hinged on today
on right fucking now.
but they just keep coming through,
and it's wearing me down.
the repetition breeding slow-motion replays
of here and gone
here and gone
here
and
gone
here.
and.
gone.


August 28, 2005

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