The Job

Kay Ryan (2000)

Imagine that
the job were
so delicate
that you could
seldom—almost
never—remember
it. Impossible
work, really.
Like placing
pebbles exactly
where they were
already. The
steadiness it
takes ... and
to what end?
It's so easy
to forget again.

2007: A Rabbit as King of the Ghosts by Wallace Stevens