You are all / That has always eluded me
Happy Friday the 13th!
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They arrive inside
the object of evening.
There's no one to greet them.
The lamps they carry
cast their shadows
Back into themselves.
They make notations:
The sky and the earth
Are of the same impenetrable color...
There's no wind... If there are rivers,
They must be under the ground...
Of the marvels we sought, no trace.
Of the strange new stars, nothing.
There's not even dust, so we must conclude
That someone passed recently
With a broom...
As they write, the tiny universe
Stitches its black thread into them.
Eventually, nothing's left
Except a faint voice
Which might belong
Either to one of them
Or to someone who came before.
It says: I'm grateful
That you've finally come.
It was beginning to get lonely.
I recognize you. You are all
That has always eluded me.
May this be my country.
~ "Explorers" by Charles Simic
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They arrive inside
the object of evening.
There's no one to greet them.
The lamps they carry
cast their shadows
Back into themselves.
They make notations:
The sky and the earth
Are of the same impenetrable color...
There's no wind... If there are rivers,
They must be under the ground...
Of the marvels we sought, no trace.
Of the strange new stars, nothing.
There's not even dust, so we must conclude
That someone passed recently
With a broom...
As they write, the tiny universe
Stitches its black thread into them.
Eventually, nothing's left
Except a faint voice
Which might belong
Either to one of them
Or to someone who came before.
It says: I'm grateful
That you've finally come.
It was beginning to get lonely.
I recognize you. You are all
That has always eluded me.
May this be my country.
~ "Explorers" by Charles Simic
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