All The More Reason
for Sid Hall
There’s no theme here.
No me to remaster,
stream into the sea.
And nothing to tame
into meter. Not a single
note to sing or miss
having been sung.
If one mentions the rain
again, the air given to
sighs, or returns to
the tine’s rusty sounding,
it’s only for memory’s
sake, this short time--
long enough for the tune
to be named and then
danced to, reminding us
what all days are made
from and what for.
Mark DeCarteret's 8th book Props was published by Bee Monk Press this year.