CONTENTS EVANESCENT
CONTENTS EVANESCENT
by Craig Kurtz
I started off life
hopeful;
I didn’t notice
the infinitesimal
was so small.
Description
was a rhythm;
congruence,
a guess.
I started off life
exceptional;
I hadn’t surmised
assurances
were negotiable.
Appearances were
italicized;
sentience,
defenseless.
I started off life
provisional;
then I suspected
consensus
wasn’t rational.
Correlation was
dichotomous;
certitude,
mercurial.
I started off life
a genius,
reasoned with each season
& ended up
nocturnal.
Existence is
conjectural;
the conclusion measured
in decimals.
A revisionist life journey that takes poses it then undermines. Everything becomes less, in magnitude and certainty. Arbitrary in its working out, the poem nevertheless is evocative and meaningful. Effective use of repetition, with a subtly subliminal rhyme scheme.
this poem really spoke to me, exactly what i wanted to read today. i’m not about to dissect it, but thank you, Craig Kurtz, for this sharp and inspired writing.