Sendings
By Shirley Segev
© Shirley Segev
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Contact: shirley.segev@sympatico.ca
Intricate Designs
The intricate designs
replicated symmetrically
on all four sides
give reassurance
even if diametrically opposed.
Simple order and complexity
can co-exist in harmony,
cornered, or not.
Time has gone by
Time has gone by so fast
year after year
season to season
January to December
month in month out
Monday to Sunday
morning to evening
hour to hour
moment to moment.
It all adds up, she said,
save the pennies
and the dimes will
take care of themselves.
Good idea, the pennies will last.
It's the moment before
It's the moment before,
fear is knocking at the door,
feeling the chest lock, blood rush
tight jaws that almost crush,
where to flee?
Moments just come and go
dissolving into time,
without anger, or glee,
this fear within,
for what crime?