Entry on the Line
'A sidewalk is a narrow location in history, and no bright remarks can hold back the dark'
Rosemarie Waldrop, Inserting the Mirror, section 5
putting
one foot forward
opens the line's
clear questions
about action
about care
a line is a narrow place
in history
but an action
that makes up history
nonetheless
at the end
of the line
the line looks
back at us
with time
with care
the time spent
in its care
emergency
or the sexy fearful
dream of crisis
narrows our locations
makes no word
seem bright enough
but here is the line
stuck into space
drawing the light to it
—David Kennedy