I\u2019m striving to be a little less present.
\nYou need the attention of our group.
\nYour anxious eyes, urgent words convey a gripe;
\nThey sketch a threat you\u2019re sure is prescient.<\/p>\n
But I\u2019m counting syllables in my head,
\nSelecting words for a private longing,
\nRehearsing anxieties\u2014more than learning.
\nThe staccato of your speech makes it hard<\/p>\n
For me to keep my restless inward eye
\nFocused steadily on my lost past, my fears,
\nOr to freeze this mood in lasting phrases.
\nYou, they, and we interrupt the flimsy I.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a discipline to suggest\u00a0attention
\nWhile indulging fully my own tension.<\/p>\n
(Posted on the DC->Boston shuttle)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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