for Laura Goebelsmann
cold day in Cologne, outside my window
sunny but chilly
man in black, his hands in his pockets
going where he's going
his shadow is a minute hand
he, an hour hand
my pen in another hand, a second hand
seascape or snow scene, harbor without ships
across the water, construction site, cranes in the air
the engineers, the builders, off the building, off today
what time of day, what day of the week
this second extracted
like a deck of cards with this one missing
all of creation, however much it weighs
passed on in tact
from split second to split second
without splitting like an atom
© Obediah Michael Smith, 2009
2:56 p.m. 20.12.09
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