I'm lighting out for infinity. I don't
yet have a firm idea of when
I will arrive. Oh, everybody says
it's going to take me "forever."
The truth is they don't know.
Who could blame infinity
for getting sick of extending
itself, for stopping and settling
down? I think on my way,
I'll come around a bend,
and there will be a town,
a scape of mirrors, towers,
boulevards, gardens with
gigantic butterflies and
multicolored trees. It will
all have been designed by
close associates of time.
After I settle in, I'll
ask if anybody knows the street
on which I might find infinity.
Of course I'll try to reach
the residence by phone or signal
ahead of time. Manners matter.
What sort of gift should I bring?
What sort of song should I sing?
hans ostrom 2017
yet have a firm idea of when
I will arrive. Oh, everybody says
it's going to take me "forever."
The truth is they don't know.
Who could blame infinity
for getting sick of extending
itself, for stopping and settling
down? I think on my way,
I'll come around a bend,
and there will be a town,
a scape of mirrors, towers,
boulevards, gardens with
gigantic butterflies and
multicolored trees. It will
all have been designed by
close associates of time.
After I settle in, I'll
ask if anybody knows the street
on which I might find infinity.
Of course I'll try to reach
the residence by phone or signal
ahead of time. Manners matter.
What sort of gift should I bring?
What sort of song should I sing?
hans ostrom 2017
