Joanne Kyger & Arthur Okamura
POST EXTINCTION
How could you forget me so quickly —
But the way you are reached, touched, awakened
by the world continues
the same way you yourself
pass along a freely given
lineage of existence
Each one, every thing, perfect "as is"
Like the moon
going down
never really leaves the sky
So "existence" never quits,
never began, never ended
You see in the moment
So sorry it will never be
like this again —
But when has the present ever been singular?
Everything with a language of distinction
with sorrow, with melancholy
with sweet appreciation
of an extinguished future
when water becomes
a state of being
September 2014
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Joanne Kyger
On Time
City Lights 2015
