The Fool's World

Domino Days

 Poem by Zack Rogow   

 From the Archive of Saint Augustine's Magazine
Volume 2, No. 1 (2023).

H o w   a   s t r i n g   o f   h o u r s

makes a day,

                   a n d   t h e   d a y s

          crowd into months,

                   m o n t h s   d o m i n o  

    to years

            y e a r s   c o l l i d e

                    into decades—

                     it’s more 

                                     than I can fathom.

         But if you’ll sit close to me 

         on this cliff

                          and watch just one 

sunset

                                   over the 

                      Tiffany 

                                    ocean

        as the cirrus clouds

turn a powdery orange

                           against a sky 

                                                            tincturing to violet

then I’ll welcome 

    another day 

           y i e l d i n g 

    its colors to the night.