ACCOUNT OF MY DAYS
Sequence: 3
MR. RENSBERGER'S EXACT MEASUREMENTS
keep changing
what caution held in check
swells out again
also he moves around so it is
hard to be precise
his skin flakes he takes a drink
his eyes sparkle is any light lost?
if I were him I'd carefully match
breath in to breath out
year by year the memories grow longer
but he will not allow them to be
paired against a ruler
it's impossible
his losses and gains seem to even out
but there may be a remainder
that escapes notice
his motion continues even in sleep
he does not need wakefulness evidently
to wriggle free
what falls off is lost forever
but the off and the forever
might be recorded as a gain
while what is lost weighs heavily
but at what weight exactly?