The difference between a clean slate
and a blank one
is a twist of lime-
stone,
made into a helix,
stacked with sedimentary
amphibious bones
& the ligature of
dead words
around broken muscles,
like the lines left lingering
and entwined, woven through
resting vessels
slack and un-taut
across some surfaces
namely, Others
in a hurry to sea
this contrast.
The blackboard could not be red
in such low light.
Anyway,
erasure like evolution was never complete.
Painting (watercolor) by Thomas Girtin [Public domain], (undated) via Wikimedia Commons.
