The Sunday Poem: Eves
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Dec 242006
Eves are potential: the pendulum at its farthest swing,
The wave as it curls, the indrawn breath, lowered lashes.
They accrete importance, become more the thing than the thing,
Surrounded by lights, by costumes, icons, belled sashes.
The days themselves are rushes, crashes, madness,
The ebb and flow of family, feasts, and fastness.
But eves — eves are frozen, out of time, still and somehow sad —
An endless moment of anticipation you had, but never have.
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nice
Eves, the first cheat code. hehe
Nice poem. Merry Christmas to all, and I leave here wondering if holiday eves should be considered a holiday in themselves.