or ‘The End?’<\/p>\n
For Hoban Washburne<\/p>\n
I rather think I won’t be quite surprised
\nwhen all the water boils off into space,
\nleaving, as Pink Floyd said, ‘only charcoal
\nto defend.’ Nor will it seem so strange that
\nsuddenly there’ll be nothing left I prized,
\nlike breath. I’ve known that goes. We lose that race
\nwhen we begin. This marble will just roll
\naway and end each thing that we’ve begat.<\/p>\n
But is that how it ends, the universe?
\nIs this all that there’ll be? Or is there more
\nto come and we just must accept the grief?
\nTossed in time’s deep closet, like some old purse?<\/p>\n
Life’s been fun. I guess if I’d kept a score
\nI think I’d win. I’ve been both wind and leaf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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