Wednesday. Journal Poetry day. Today i give you a piece by John Stoss, from "Cold Building Poems".
Two
Some would ask why I came here.
I might reply so I could break my chainwatch
and you would laugh and ask me again
and this time it's to find a mirror.
no matter how many times you asked
I could give an answer.
Eventually if you listened long enough
I would have you seeing two moons
and you would eat them for oysters
I woul∂ have you chasing the horsesteps
of a sun too fast for you in the sky
I would have you come to a fork
in the road and go both ways
I would have you climb a ladder
and have the myth go with you in a kercheif.
And that is why it is not safe to ask questions.
Two
Some would ask why I came here.
I might reply so I could break my chainwatch
and you would laugh and ask me again
and this time it's to find a mirror.
no matter how many times you asked
I could give an answer.
Eventually if you listened long enough
I would have you seeing two moons
and you would eat them for oysters
I woul∂ have you chasing the horsesteps
of a sun too fast for you in the sky
I would have you come to a fork
in the road and go both ways
I would have you climb a ladder
and have the myth go with you in a kercheif.
And that is why it is not safe to ask questions.











