The Clock Doesn't Stop in Debtor's Prison


















THE ONE WHO BROUGHT ME HERE

How does it show itself, Curiosity,
waiting for Pride to make its entrance?
Bernard of Clairvaux, shrewd soul
visiting with me, sees himself
in the new mirror crossing time.

Have I been away from monastery
walls this long? Looking for myself
in others, or looking for others
in myself--either way,
I'm caught without what sustains.

Jim Bodeen
11 February 2018

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