How to travel forever

POSTED IN contemporary poetry June 13, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How to travel forever

Have conversations with people you see
and those you imagine. Position yourself
so the light bounces off the man’s glasses
and opens worlds back to you. Wear clothes
that make everyone you pass shadow you,
hours later they’re still whispering about them.
When you appear in a dream you have tallied
the signposts, traveled far. Eat cinnamon,
it will ooze from your skin like cookies.
Worry the Metro ticket in your palm. In
your pocket. Remember how you came up
the steps into the light, stood at a bar
and had coffee, the branches outside
stirring a soft orchestration upon your face.
Listen to old music, touch his hand.
The sum of you greater than each of you
unmatched, expand into the sky.

 

TOBI COGSWELL

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1 COMMENT

1. gael bage says:

   September 2, 2013 at 00:29

   forever together, the sum of all. 🙂