Rich Puchalsky ⩜⃝ on Nostr: When I was reading the poem once (or speaking it from memory, no one is really sure ...

When I was reading the poem once
(or speaking it from memory, no
one is really sure which comes first)
I paused

And started up again later
But how much later?
There is no set time for
a break in a poem

We read them as if they are
trains bumping over railroad ties
But
that is a convention

Once I paused

and people thought it was done
the poem was over
and it wasn't
Will I have to die for them to be sure it's done?
But I've already died,