The Sample Space
When did you
carve it
The sample space in that tree of
cylindrical bands of
strands and threads and chains
water wings and strings
and things
columns of trees = trees of columns
a perceptual switch
spirals and loops and
connected synapses
Like the ancient dendrochronologist
Incise the lines of Saturn
trace them back to the ghost armies
a roulette wheel of probability &
a pragmatic decree of truth
when did you carve it
the sample space in my soul
that grew with the rings of the sycamore tree
and has no predictable outcome
Melanie Browne has been writing a lot of poetry lately. Her poetry
can be found in Pocket Change, Mad Swirl, Heroin Love Songs, Poetry
Superhighway and The Commonline Project. She
has poems forthcoming in Eviscerator Heaven, Clockwise Cat and
Word Riot. She is a native Texan and lives in Houston.