Monday, February 22, 2010

Hush

In response to Kay Ryan’s ‘Theft’


Hush.

We knock
Our thoughts
Against the rocks
Of on-off
Again, on-off
Again shots
At getting caught

But how to unlock?
Do we want to get caught?
Is it that we’ve sought
Something forgotten?
Or is it more of a top
To what has been thought bottomless?