Aboriginality

the slow unstopping jog,
of sweat and steady breath,
is how today i travel,

no thoughts
except for what i see around me,
the things that move,
attract my eyes,
for my assessment
to run to or run from,

the running and the running
of my genetic memory,

a million years of travel
on foot , toward or away from,

catch or be caught.

november 1990

thoughts while running long
for the Marathon