water clock
We count the days
the tears and
wait their coming, lifting

faces to the
scent of rain before
the anorexic clouds have
plumped with
gray. A mind
can know that trust
weighs less than doubt
and still it counts.

waterdrop
We measure droplets at
a time
we breathe them in
we pour them out and
find the closeness
making up the distance
isn't close at all.
Nor is the distance far.

Our passion arms stretch wider
than our Pavlov hearts allow
and everything beyond them
hums in shades of
background noise, stirring
everything that is
into the white.



Mia Moore
editor's pick
Illustrated poem. I loved the line:
   "Our passion arms stretch wider   
    than our Pavlov hearts allow'" —Kirk
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16 aug 03
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