Light Travels

1 

common time I follow you un-          
kept secret on 
a basic undersound
 



2 

common time I follow you un-
kept secret on 
a basic undersound 

this is the first part of the rhyme
allow for sequences of overheard 

3

this is the first part of the rhyme
allow for sequences of overheard

close the curtains but
playful elaborations of other-
wise arrogant variations keeping
the window open
 



4

close the curtains but
playful elaborations of otherwise
arrogant variation keeping
the window open

as it's wrong to shut
one's eyes to dream
it's raining while it is in fact raining
 



5 

as it's wrong to shut

one's eyes to dream it's 
raining while it is in fact raining

ears busied with hearing more than
one voice the stream our tears unmirror
 



6

ears busied with hearing more than
one voice the stream our tears unmirror

or mere error as if
naturally hard of
divided
noise rings in our fears
 



7

or mere error as if
naturally hard of
divided
noise rings in our fears

expands danger within our
long thin hands contract 
across quiet gravel
 



8

expands danger within our
long thin hands contract 
across quiet gravel 

narrow fruit tin cans
loss of the white of other eyes
 



9

narrow fruit tin cans
loss of the white of other eyes

song out of mind
 



10

song out of mind

or am I
tethered
so blind a coloring of thought
 



11

or am I
tethered so
blind a coloring of thought

intrinsically fuzzy the sound as
pavement
 



12

intrinsically fuzzy the sound as
pavement

whereas tenses
are
a later
development
 



13

whereas tenses
are
a later
development

limits of a body open 
sea the great sea 
journey
 



14

limits of a body open 
sea the great sea 
journey

how different the grammars of
to think or swim




15 

how different the grammars of
to think or swim

reminiscence and extinction

- Keith Waldrop and Rosemarie Waldrop