National Poetry Month 2014: Gil McElroy,

Julian Day 2456655
(A Doxology)



The start
of the late long, the
new getting
consequent on
barefoot minutes that, gotten,
could. Each week becomes
more palatable than
the last.
 
Or
not. Moments might
contradict out, 
mimicking the style of tons of things so mellow they
might jiggle over protruding distances to/might become
a quarter-cup of century.

But skip over
this alternative. Come in, do
a full turn, & then
take into account
shaven mis-directions we can all
live with. Have we not
the world rather than
just a practiced story? Have we not
the leading edge
of the hands? The
exact probability
of just about anything?

I remain, despite
outbursts of clammy post-war taboos,
yours, etc.

Gil McElroy is a poet, visual artist, independent curator, and critic living in the village of Colborne, Ontario. He provided the introduction to Ground Rules: the best of the second decade of above/ground press, 2003-2013 (2013).