NUMBERS

1.

I live in the here and now;
You, the there and then. What
Happens happened -
Is, in fact, happening. But what
Is, was, and is again
Between us 
Has only the sparest
Relation
To time 
Or its segmented systematic
Constructs. It is.
That's all

2.

If this were a song
It would disrupt
And violate - your world
Whose world? You ask 
In a sing-song voice
That I not sing again
Sign again - after all,
You say - keeping a 
Sort of peace between us -
It's all been sung before and
I'm tired. Go back to sleep
Sing in your dream
If you have to.

-jim hill (10-28-2016)