Memories by the Lake
We do not remember
why, but we do this in remembrance.
As if a sculpture etched, in our mind's
dark hole, black and sticky and wet
like our worker's hands on the clay,
that we dredge up from our lake deep:
deep and dark, as memory.
We do not remember
why, but we do this in remembrance.
As if our swimmer's know, by bone -
that deep tissue knowledge -
that language we have lost, but is spoken
in the gills and gulps of fish: This clay
will not be used for pottery.
We do not remember
why, but we do this in remembrance.
Our Chosen is parched and silent:
The Swimmers swim; The Workers work;
The Clay is soft and pliable.
With gentle hands we wrap the feet -
heavy, to speed the sinking.
We do this to remember.
MaggotsX @ 04.23.2023