White Space Study

no help for that

there is a place in the heart that
will never be filled

a space

and even during the
best moments
and
the greatest
times

we will know it

we will know it
more than ever

there is a place in the heart that
will never be filled

and

we will wait
and
wait

in that
space.



it's ours

there is always that space there
just before they get to us
that space
that fine relaxer
the breather
while say
flopping on the bed
thinking of nothing
or say
pouring a glass of water from the
spigot
while entranced by
nothing


that
gentle pure
space

it's worth

centuries of
existence

say

just to scratch your neck
while looking out the window at
a bare branch

that space
there
before they get to us
ensures
that
when they do
they won't
get it all

ever.




Bukowski, Charles. You Get So Alone At Times That It Just Makes Sense. Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1986.