ALL I LEAVE BEHIND IS LOCKED

All I leave behind is locked
No key beneath potted plant
Just this ticket, as heavy
As the gate that autoshuts,
So I drop it just as well

Nothing I carry will last
Through wherever I may get
By some map that doesn't tell
Where any place begins, just
Dots to this-isn't-there-yet

I ply a random course, curse
Out in the open, crossing
Cruising along lines of sky
Coast and border---brothering
Insect, rodent, reptile, bird

I steer clear of God perched in
His desert, beckoning for
Communion or to found a
Civilization---the last
Thing I need is my road blocked

.copyright © 2003 by Rosendo M Makabali.

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