MARK & KARINA
April 30, 2022
A random, sleepy glance at the clock face
will remind you of something that ticked in time
to who-knows-what, that knocked you off
your usual thoughts, your cunning, your sorrow,
Hurrying somewhere and hurrying you
so much that sometimes at night
you suddenly wanted to stop it
and then — the blood-filled, rushing,
in your opinion, loving heart —
to compare — its love with your love.
Joseph Brodsky