No Man Ever Steps in the Same River Twice

As It Was Then It Will Not Be Now:

As it was then it will not be now;
nothing in excess; equilateral;
row upon row of similarities;
equidistant; nothing angular 

or bestial. No sound but its
corresponding sound. Every
thing harmonious. Matchless.
The walls unbuttressed; spiders 

wove webs paragon; each thing
its place, sunlit, and hard.
But when we lay down naked
and straight, my arms 

crossed upon my chest, your
hands resting on my belly,
our heads tilted toward
each other, then, all was patterned 

and consentient. But things would
be as they are now and I called
upon your soul and you delivered it
sumptuous and unlimited. 

It was then as it never was:
everything in excess and when
the nightbirds perched on the
egg of the sun we leaned upon 

our souls and the elements,
first hydrogen and then ice 
helium named themselves and all
things were as they never were. 

It would be as it never was before
and logos, multifoliate and
winged chained my genitals
like anchors to the burgeoning suns. 

Ned O'Gorman.