Elliptical

Elliptical

where did the day go?
I walked in an anesthetizing circle
a r o u n d,
a r o u n d,
and then was
interrupted
by the clock,
by the sidewalk,
by concerning friends,
by the flame,
blazing riotously behind me,
disbelieving as
it devoured the guideposts back
and now there is me,
with fire raging rampantly inside.
now, doused and scorched
beginning again,
walking in a numbing circle
coiling around the ashes.
nearing the end.