"perfectiontakes some sacrifice "

[“Sunflower Sonnet Number Two”]

Supposing we could just go on as two
voracious in the days apart as well as
when
we sideby side (the many ways we do
that) well! I could considerthen
perfection possible, or else worthwhile
to think about. Which is to say
I guess the costs of long term tend to
pile
up, block and complicate, erase away
the accidental, temporary,near
thing/pulsebeat promises one makes
because the chance, theeasy new, is
there
in front of you. But still, perfectiontakes
some sacrifice of falling stars for rare.
And there arestars, but none of you, to
spare.

June Jordan