Janus - Vilma Ginzberg

[Larry Robinson]

Janus
 
 
this scatter-trove of planets has plie-ed its practiced way
around our fire-star     one more time:
winter   to spring   to summer  to fall   to winter again
 
this throbbing globe has spun around
upon itself           one more time:
dawn  to day    to dusk   to dark   to dawn again     
 
turn the page   
from 31st to first
 
take down the old   
tack up the new
what will I hang on my wall this year
          to harbor hopes, remember memories?: 
                   calligraphies of ancient wisdom?
                              labial O’Keefe posies?
                                      impossibility of hummingbirds?
                            
beyond the falling ball of crystal
I sense the whirling dance of asteroids and planets
swirling symphony of stars
waltzing me toward eternity
 
turn the page     from 31st to first
take down the old     tack up the new
listen for the music
whirl with the dance inward   outward
as I balance en pointe
on this narrow beam of time
Janus looking backward/forward
until
that which endures
is finally told
 
 
	- Vilma Ginzberg
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