The Dawn of John

movingfingermovingfinger Posts: 117
The Dawn of John

Fish swam
And I unwashed
Upon the shore.
Some form
Of a literal
Transmission
from
Cause and
Something
Else.

I had place
On this earth,
Somewhere inside
my mother’s body.
As she grew,
I grew and
my body
Grew wise
To being a body.

BAM!
name
“John, like my father”

I was not a mistake,
My father informed
Me (sometime during
My fourth grade year).
Instead,
He explained,
I was a misaligned
Effort
To stay warm
On a cold
Winter night.
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The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it

-- Omar Khayyam
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Comments

  • john girljohn girl Posts: 308
    my body
    grew wise
    to being a body

    nice move of the fingers!
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