Time is the agent of change
a reckless locomotive joy
a charitable sorrow.

See the blown seed,
your own, which falls, 
or almost does,
or will. 

Stars and tuning forks
toss in darkness—
a bloodthirsty song. 

…

Ulrica Hume is the author of An Uncertain Age, a novel, and House of Miracles, a collection of stories, one of which was selected by PEN and broadcast on NPR. Her work appears online, in literary journals, and in anthologies. She tweets @uhume.