Dust

—the granulated accumulation of all things unused,
a refusal to be forgotten.

So useless to clean it, if we take a long view.

You may dedicate a whole weekend to scouring, but it buys
only a day or two.

Your room—bookshelves, blinds, every ninety-degree angle—
is a fan of dust.

The only way to get rid of it is to get rid of everything.


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Date created 08 May 2012
Date modified 05 Sep 2014
Manuscript The Great Permission
Journal Thin Air Magazine (Mar 2015)