Jorie Graham: The Essence of Current

is by admitting <br />or opening away. <br />This is the simplest form <br />of current: Blue <br />moving through blue; <br />blue through purple; <br />the objects of desire <br />opening upon themselves <br />without us; the objects of faith. <br />The way things work <br />is by solution, <br />resistance lessened or <br />increased and taken <br />advantage of. <br />The way things work <br />is that we finally believe <br />they are there, <br />common and able <br />o illustrate themselves. <br />Wheel, kinetic flow, <br />rising and falling water, <br />ingots, levers and keys, <br />I believe in you, <br />cylinder lock, pully, <br />lifting tackle and <br />crane lift your small head-- <br />I believe in you-- <br />your head is the horizon to <br />my hand. I believe <br />forever in the hooks. <br />The way things work <br />is that eventually <br />something catches.<br /><br />Jorie Graham<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-way-things-work/