I did not think of ending…my poem

by Richard Subber | Jul 8, 2025 | My poetry, Poetry

close to myself…

Dreamery #3

I think I knew

   what I was doing,

but I wasn’t sure why.

I was close to myself,

I did not heed the whirr

   of my big blower,

knew it would be a long job,

sensed an annoying

   lack of progress,

the work was my duty,

a slow drudgery,

I did not think of ending,

there was a clear space,

I was not curious,

I stepped in it,

I didn’t know

   where the leaves would go,

the far wall of that big hall

   was beyond the edge

      of the half-dark,

there was no thought of outside,

so many leaves,

no noise…

I woke before the work was done.

March 30, 2025

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