Out Like a Lamb

Infinity

and
divinity begins a count
dreaming in arithmetic
every number rising higher
and Anantha lifts her pencil
to sketch the kite un-strung
without finishing the wind
and we people ride vanishing
trains in perfect circles out-
-side of time: now, and now
and the figure 8 lays down
for a while, tired on her side,
asleep inside the counting
and

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April 27—“Define” or “explain” something difficult, like a feeling or abstract concept

*Anantha means "infinite, endless" in Sanskrit. This is a transcription of both the masculine form अनन्त / अनंत (an epithet of the Hindu god Vishnu) and the feminine form अनन्ता / अनंता (an epithet of the goddess Parvati). Meaning: Infinite, Endless, Eternal, Origin: Hindi