Nearly Not But Surely
Jo Mariner
tiny speck before my eyes flies toward the window I have not looked through yet look there’s the dizzy spot / now outside the glass / careening toward invisible so specks do fly through walls I think deep inside / an organ-flutter more like moth suddenly -- something regretted / something ended / something escaped my anger / a death I suffered / me and now I see bearing the weight of all their myths / crows stroking air to life / riding hot breath and human smells rising till nearly out of sight specks dispersing so easily missed but enough evidence to believe transformation possible
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I do not know Quantum theory, but I am sure the poem is about entanglement, superposition, uncertainty (that turns into "certainty" -- although what is certain sems impossible) and describes an experience that requires holding multiple perspectives or possibilities at once.
First published in Listenerş2016.com (Sept 2022)
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