Tense of Thousands

 
all of a sudden

–over unbounded days—

the passive tone is voiced

is it surrender?

and supposing

–is it progress?

the articulation is changed

yes, sure,

and the founder

(thereof)

founders

. . .

it’s anchor is unmoored

from the pylon

–and on, and on—

(ad infinitum)

whereon it was docked

forever

(a relative term)

but is this founder

gilled?

amphibian?

land-locked?

. . .

and is

water

still

(or stagnate)

flowing

(and fresh)

baptismal

(or boarding)

is it a giver of life,

or does founder

declare

it

drowns

. . .

?