A Bedouin man isn’t certain 

whether joining a revolt was 

life’s proudest moment or its 

ruination. The object in your

pocket is a tracking device 

that just happens to make calls. 

Just perch the clock near the bed 

and put your phone on the stand 

and it will record your sleep 

patterns. Hello. Good night. 

The days are going so quickly. 

Perhaps we perceive quickness 

more in our busy lives than 

people did in previous centuries. 

Yesterday, Americans used 

their sizable advantage to run 

others ragged. We lay the child 

down into his bed and find 

each other under the sheet. 

Now with four arms, four legs 

and two heads, we circulate qi. 

Then the arm starts turning 

sideways in a gentle curve, tracing 

an S shape, the thumb heading 

up as the palm turns parallel, 

our bodies and souls parallel. 

Oh, the grief of separation. 

Don’t think, dear, stay here.