Obsolescence
As old things wear out, the new moves in.
Is it this way with us, or not?
Linens and towels go to rags, and
Are replaced in sets. What is the new color,
The latest print? If they're made well,
They should last a while.
Obsolesce or obsess, the gap must not endure.
Black on red or red on black, is a question
Of the background taken, but
What is always going, cannot be taken or kept.
It is the pursuit that endures:
Where does it end? The only final mark
Is change, when something is different now.
And now we must be going.
(12/30/2010)
