& AFAR

far (and away we go
and a how we are)
away from here my dear
you are, and near
to me you seemed to be
so recently (it had to be)
there you are
(so near so far)
and here I am
so far (from near)
away from you
(my dear so near) my heart
(and a how we go)
and away we are

AFTER PRAYER

silence settles
in its tendrils
the displacing
effect reveals
certain city
sounds that
are constant
in this era of
spinning rubber
tires against
asphalt or
the variant
hums of cars
propelling them
a jack-hammer here
and there drumming
in the distance as
sirens doppler by
and the very low
steady wish of
the wind