Works in Progress – May 4, 2023

Having Arrived at the Stone Age
By Tony Alcantara
Carbondale(ish)

If I must have a heart
of stone, then let it be
made of these stones

each one broken
stranded on a mountainside
above a dry valley

yet drawn together
in a dance
of concentric curves

the emptiness diminishing
between each
successive iteration

until, at the center,
one solid mass
that beats

more slowly
than time
can measure.