If it happens, it will be in a place much like this.
Nothing tangible at first, nothing sure
that springs complete from churning ocean.
Just an accumulation, like a landscape
acquiring detail. That pylon, for instance,
whose presence is unavoidable,
but takes some noticing nonetheless.
That will be how it is. It will not be
as we imagine it was: the vision,
the breathtaking start, the moment
of completion when breath sighs again …
Never before have so many resources
dried up around us. There will be
no inspiration, no breakthroughs.
Just an accumulation, like a landscape
acquiring detail. These trees, for instance,
are not auditioning for a film.
They are simply there and it’s from that,
if it happens, that it will begin.
