bipedal

torn:
are there options galore -
or really none at all?
several first steps await me
but i have only two feet,
and tidal confidence
i feel like diving right in at times
but his words are trapped
butterflies in my coffer of thoughts -
be patient
don't rush don't be hasty
or you'll get nothing
      and
the numbers add up to eight
the thing about eight is
whatever he gives he'll take away
it means whatever happiness you get
you'll lose it -
my student id number
i can see a picture now
(definitely an indefinite article)
vaguely
from afar it looks good
looks feasible
      perhaps
an enticing trailer
of a rotton film?

Go, go, go, said the bird: human kind
Cannot bear very much reality.
Time past and time future
What might have been and what has been
Point to one end, which is always present.

i should gogogo
before the tide ebbs
take the first step
but i have only two feet
and his words trapped
in my hordcofan
lambent portents