Less Than Zero

Away from the weight of the sun
I had the horizon well in my grasp
until the moment it blurred and my fingers twitched
no doubt a reaction to the subordination
of perspective to imagination

We have to give a certain amount of what we have gained
in order to keep the basket from overflowing
yet some value fullness as measured in excess
others know that tucked within the whimsy of homespun adage
is the truth of less than zero