They Will Sew the Blue Sail

TRANSPORT | Rae Armantrout

1

Would you like the world

to end now

(in your lifetime)

so you don't miss

anything?

Would you like the world

to go on

so that someone

later

might feel as

you once did?

Did you feel anxious

when alone?

Did you feel restless

at parties?

2

If clear yellow petals

are enough

like sails,

I'll be well

away.

I'll be on my way

to this

late summer dusk