The Presence of a Witch

Thanks to John Buck for having this thought in the presence of this witch. —WT

The presence of a witch
foretells
creativity.

They will wall her off,
hostility and stale habit,
pomp and pealing and protests firing
both ways.

The discomfort that calls
wagons to circle,
elephants to circle,
opens the sky to
eureka.

And the ground under
circled wagons shudders and
stuck places heave and
detach, stone into sand.

The presence of a witch
foretells
someone
will invent a spaceship,
an inoculant,
a script for smashing stalemates,

stone into sand into
dust, gone, almost doubted.

A child on a swing needs a pull
before a push.

The presence of a witch
points out the pendulum,
brings the inhalation
before the ahhh.

—WT

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