All’s All-

A construed entity too
lessened to syllabify;
a mite or mote
dimpling
domy generalization;
a vague locus
(the flow of air
through prisons)
the puff of
the whiff of
when a snail falls asleep
stringy recollections of
fruit flies cruising
rosy bowlfuls of
mangoes ripening mild;
ghostly leavings leaving
ghosts leave; retinalĀ 
worms enpurpling
light scarsĀ 
behind today’s views;
bits of
retrenched nothings:
so much so,
little and all
alternately disappear:
the tiniest kiss
at the world’s end
ends the world.

-A R Ammons


Posted: Tue May 22nd, 2012 at 2:20pm