Patricia Farrell

Snail Climbing

A line of men,
haphazardly across the field,
might be refigured
as nothing left to stand on.
Or would you retouch their eyes?
The same one is watching.
Do we have to ask?

He inscribes snail climbing"
as he walks across the floor,
going along with a concept
that all things are assembles
of smallers and of smallers,
all more or less alike.

What kind of day is this?
Here is all the weather of the world.
Is that Jesus?
He will tilt the globe a little
and maybe you will slide—
but you will not fall.
Do you understand?

The last dot contains
a compact version of the book of ages;
the law comes down
from the mountain or the mountain.

 


Copyright © Patricia Farrell, 2007.

Patricia Farrell is a poet, dancer and artist, based in Liverpool.