Tollman

from rze - Sunday, March 09, 2008
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(2003)

Day-end: I thought, I thought I saw
A tollman hiding in the graw.
"Today -- too late to wait to see,
But show me all you saw,"
said he.

The Earth moved slightly, known to where
The shadows tangle-tied my hair.
I heard it quiet through the graw:
"But what I've seen the world, all, saw."

Approach I did (as actions be
slave to my curiosity).
And in the reeds, the sheckles there:
A colored smudge (was face and hair).
A trick of mind the colors played
To tell me things all saw today.

Now, we must agree
This was nothing more
than nothing --
What I thought before.

The Earth moved slightly through the night,
All left behind their thoughts and sights.
No sign, no silence, no sin,
But ...
Two credits where his hand had been.