POEM

October Arriving

by Charles Simic

I only have a measly ant
To think with today.
Others have pictures of saints,   
Others have clouds in the sky.

The winter might be at the door,   
For he’s all alone
And in a hurry to hide.   
Nevertheless, unable to decide

He retraces his steps
Several times and finds himself   
On a huge blank wall   
That has no window.

Dark masses of trees
Cast their mazes before him,   
Only to erase them next
With a sly, sea-surging sound.

 Charles  Simic

Charles Simic, a native of Yugoslavia who immigrated to the United States during his teens, has . . . MORE »

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