new monster

time they say
is like
sand

each moment
an implied
equidistance
from the rest,
each with

its own
heart
burrowed inside

the thousand things
felt in
each
are all
available
at all
points

also those
imagined

space is lodged
inside
that heart
also

like a
pinecone
ready to
spill its
seed
at frost,
waiting to
decompress

the image is of
a dawn a lighter shade
of gray
and the earth too
a lighter gray
and
me giving thanks
for everything
for everything
i remember

the stutter collected
inside my tongue