Simple Bare Necessities

 

‘All lost things are equal’ was on the feed

and you thought, no, not so simple. Can’t equate

the clutter falling away with stuff we need.

The things lost that somehow first accumulate

due to some character flaw – the grasp of greed.

 

Let the inessential fall away soonest,

let all that weighs down be completely lost,

just the meaningful remain, the spare, the best –

the thin thread of your track, streams crossed and uncrossed,

your stars overhead, the movement and the rest.