Third World Pearl
The distant phases of the moon
the patterns of this speech
the pocket bodies
the general rhythms of the rain
the predicates the notables
the costly freeways
none irregular enough
none solid enough
nothing ever enough
not even close
theories of origin and formation
gallop like horses along a silken road
long distance likes us I suppose
safe to say the old moon
was created when a big thing
bounced off this one and made another
the third thing our pretty pearl
which is what hangs up there
that we see most nights
a game of marbles
this third world
not so perfect at that
the ultimate creative writing exercise ---
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yv done it, Rob
Ta. But not so perfect at that. :)
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