Cords work
themselves into fetal knots
while dust collects
Itself.
Boxes commonly contain cherished contents
to be kept out of touch, like death and memory.
Musicians and writers make notes
and draw out descriptions,
Artists picture
new sound, reason,
and likeness in the jagged line
that makes connections.
Verbs hang in midair proposing movement;
chores, change, promises, and poetry
for nouns to untangle.
Electricity junkies,
trying twisted ways to say
what was entangled worked.
Painting by Hans Dahl, 'Girl in a field knitting' c. 1879 in [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
