15.1.2012 • elleipsis

elleipsis

ἔλλειψις, εως, ἡ, a leaving out, ellipse, in grammar;
an omission, or a want
a silence, lack
desire for something
long gone
or long to come
a void
devoid
of those
sighs which
if made full
it would invite
and which now
invite it
an ellipsis of sorrow
numbed by the lack of joy

~

I wrote a poem on declining wit
on footsteps in the empty house
at night, footsteps trailing
into the senseless silence
and unnerving quiet
of the ticking clock
(oh my poor dear old
grandfather-clock
who ticks dumb
agony into
your last
one-thousand
strokes
tick-tock
tic-
toc)
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