justwrite 20 january

on this day we ask why just this day why only today and our hands and our hearts our faces turned up we ask and we answer yes and we can surprise ourselves and our poetry will be heard and our speeches will be spoken into honeyed ears the cheers of a great hope the nation stationed on the edge of its seat ready to meet the next step to trip forward forewarned of coming attractions and attracted to them beyond all reason yet we are cautioned and our voices are unprepared to say the right words just yet just bet the preachers and the teachers and the music from the strings binding together the weather and the haves and the have-not-gots all blooming zooming in and out of focus the token turns of keys and the opened doors already swinging wide hiding an obsolete view and pushing you and i and every other intogether and where were you and what were you building and when you laughed was it critical was it joy was it the muddled phrasing the faithfully the under god the lack of swearing until the music was over the clovers with all those leaves bright and green between snowy flakes of light sunning the clouds and the crowds all ready to see what's next