plate

(from un-dated book)

printed from a single plate
the pattern repeats and repeats.
the bottom of the plate lines up
perfectly with the top so that
the seam between the printings
vanishes. They're illustrations
of Robinson Crusoes adventures
and they repeat on a mile
long stretch of fabric.

a block of ice has frozen
within itself five hours of time.
within this particular block there
is a toy plastic boat and a
rocking chair with some fresh
bread on its woven wicker seat.
frozen bubbles dot the space
everywhere.

the next block of ice has
merged with the last and it
contains everything that the
last block contains except that
the toy plastic boat has a
patched tiny hole it its
bottom near the bow where
the stern meets the water.

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This one might be a comment on how time keeps repeating itself. Oooooh....
way out there man...