The problem with the eye Is the conspiracy with imagination To make the story Fit its view And if it fails Sufficient times Looking back Becomes the habit So if the pupil Gets caught in history Look upon A fresh face Possibility down the chronology It's dangerous To play the timeline game The present's gifts Demand attention And the see-saw itch Will claw the ears Ahead there is the end Behind the nothingness Being concerned with might Will put ankles to sprain And needs overextended Nostalgia's hemlock is another drowsiness Bound to depress The wildest tree To block out the x axis Won't save the above So keep your watch Last year's journals And a light in your touch