I
have a
key that opens
a door far away
in
another dimension,
as dimension means
a measure of spatial
extent,
especially width,
height or length,
according to The American
Heritage
Dictionary of
The English Language.
Physicists might add that
Velocity
has the
dimensions of length
divided by time, thus
if
it takes
four hours to
reach that far away
door,
how many
miles per hour
must I travel at?
Grammar
not being
a real concern
of physics, prepositions may
occupy
any space
in sentences, even
have the last word!
No
physicist, however,
would accept far
as a length, hence
a
mutual mistrust,
in which science
and I are reduced.
But
let's get
back to that
far away door and
dimension,
and because
there is little
that nature did not
place
there, surrounding
distances are great,
time slow as one
wood
ripple working
out inside trees
for an entire year.
Similarly,
wasps hum
their clay-layered
nests in sunless reaches
for
the next
generation of stingers,
in their white pupae
pods.
Just so,
hawks, lovely gliding
on noon air swells,
drop
stone-heavy,
to rend flesh
in one heartbeat, changing
the
dimensions of
an afternoon: simply
put, a velocity with
a
menacingly measured
hunger and intent.
Some unwarranted events are
bound
to happen,
the broader the
vista the more likely.
Vista
meaning a
distant view through
or along an avenue
or
opening; prospect,
as Webster's Ninth
New Collegiate Dictionary has
it,
as well
as its offering
two vistas on prospect,
a
place that
commands an extensive
view, and, in addition,
to
explore an
area for mineral
deposit. So it is
with
the possible
expansiveness of a
metaphor, beyond the plain
of
mere gold,
we may consider
a prospector as one
who
hopes in
another dimension to
find that which is
not
always dimensurable,
except through or
along a longing heart.
As
Brodsky wrote,
The trees are
dearer than the wood
