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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

False Hopes

You shouldn't have to fly
4,000 miles to visit
an archives with
valuable records
treasured tomes
keys to unlocking
centuries of secrets

Only to hear
"Come back in a week."

Don't they know
my time is tiptoeing
out into the oblivion
evasively eluding
my frantic efforts
to twist its arm
and maneuver it into
a monotonously measured march?

You'd think
they could figure that out
if they run a repository

Couldn't they?

5 comments:

Danielle said...

Ugh. I hope this isn't happening too often. You'd better soothe yourself with some more hot chocolate and marmalade.

janel said...

I think I had better snuggle up to a dictionary just to figure out what my little poet sister is saying. Repository, what?

Linda said...

Ditto to Danielle's comment. What are they thinking? Hopefully other doors will open in the meantime.

Linda said...

P.S.--Nice poetry! --Mom

Becca said...

No kidding, bloke! you're better than emily dickinson! or charlotte bronte (which one was english?)! Keep up the adventures and poetry--nice work Kim!