why some people do not read poetry
because they already know that it means/
stopping & without stopping they know that
beyond stopping/ it will mean listening
listening without hearing & maybe
then hearing without hearing & what would
they hear then what good would it be to them
like some small animal crossing the road
suddenly there but not seeming to move
at night & they are late & may be on
the wrong road over the mountain with all
the others asleep & not hitting it
that time as though forgetting it again
ws merwin
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