Dave Margoshes
Wisdom
I’m as full of shit as the next guy.
— Michael Goldberg, painter
A man walks to the edge of the pier and looks over
into the bottomless sea; he’s enamoured of the fishes
and their secrets but yet he knows not to jump in.
His brother opens the window on the 17th floor
the better to see butterflies and birds – I could fly,
he thinks, but he too resists the urge. All day long
we are tested by temptation and still we batter on
against the wind, glancing to both left and right
yet aiming straight ahead. At day’s end, we take off
our shoes, and that seems consolation enough.
There will be the coolness of sheets, steaming coffee
in the morning. There is wisdom in the stars
if only we could see it.
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