time transfixed

[Painting © copyright René Magritte: “La durée poignardée - Time Transfixed”.]

The locomotive that runs beneath
The hour of lost time
Hangs next to the ark of covenant
In the temple where once
Long ago
The artists and the
Creator
-
Together
-
Were having breakfasts
Jam and eggs
With tea
In a Japanese cup
Served by
A royal maiden
In a kimono
On Zen’s way

However
The guards of the painting
The rules of 10
And of cloud 9
The screaming of the wheels
On iron
And much more shuffling on the
Barren land
Of the desert
Where they
-
The Cherubims
-
Once
Long ago
Guarded with eternal pleasure
The entrance
Of the
Garden
Were I was once
Livin’

However
In real time
Where the clocks
Are running
In a constructive way
Just like the locomotive
And much more running on the
Iron roads of the barren land
Of the desert
Where they
-
The cherubims
-
Guarded with eternal pleasure
The entrance
Of the
Garden
Were I was once
Livin’

However
In transfixed time
Where no clocks
Are running
In a constructive way
And no more running on the water
Of the seas were once the fishes
That carry the ark
Across our universe
Together with
-
The cherubims
-
Guarded with eternal pleasure
The entrance
Of the
Garden
Were I was once
Livin’

However
(…)