2 June 2003 | Vol. 3, No. 2
While the Ants Sleep
A steaming bowl of spring:
so lazy the view,
as if someone's recorded
those piper perhaps, their gravitational pull.
Though the world has its reasons,
its rind of predicament
has anyone listened?
All seedless or seriously-full,
we'll tell you the winter improves us.
Change for change sake. Puddle-poor.
So we'll fill up on dreams,
the pursuit of other seasons.
Fruit and the eaters of fruit.
Hence, the wedding. Hence, the core.
About the author:
Mark DeCarteret's most recent book is The Great Apology (Oyster River Press, 2001). More of his poetry can be found online at can we have our ball back?, Mudlark, Red River Review, RIO: A Journal of the Arts, Shampoo, and Wired Hearts.
For further reading:
See the complete list of work by Mark DeCarteret at 42opus. Browse the contents of 42opus Vol. 3, No. 2, where "While the Ants Sleep" ran on June 2, 2003. List other work with these same labels: poetry.
