Completely Possible
The migration continues. Continuous. Sporadic.
With mathematical complexity, wind
over sand
*
Ropes rubbing on leather backs. Pulling
on various ships: old ways, new
ways, ways
*
A castle or two on the hill. Bent letters framed
in doorways. Children sounding like traffic,
shucking spent yesterseconds
for usable parts
*
Three rapid-fire texts, just before midnight, screaming
Sagan, Rapidacion, and the coldest February
on record
*
The migration continues. Continuous. Sporadic.
With mathematical complexity, wind
over sand
Copyright Credit: R. L. Swihart, “Completely Possible” from Quadrant Magazine. Australia, 2019. Reprinted by permission of R. L. Swihart.
Source: Quadrant (Quadrant Magazine, 2019)