Untitled - July 08, 2002

The pendulum begins
to swing backwards,
into the past,
away from the future.

Forwards,
sideways,
backwards again,
minute movements
that leave us standing still.

There is no progress to be marked;
there is no need to reach for the impossible;
for the search is laid to rest.

Conceding the race
before it's run;
retreating from life
before it's done.

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