The Thing with an Idea

All these things, strewn about
some silent, still insistent
others vociferous, pushy
every thing its own idea.

Are there things elsewhere
in the universe, like here?
Every thing in its spot,
and a spot for every thing.

Locomotion has every thing
a universal movement
a sound, the steel rail
humming when the evening

sun goes down to its spot
giving rest to every thing but
at night things come out too
to catch and release ideas.


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