VARIATIONS

 

I

A basket is emptiness

With a shape and a handle

So it can be carried about.

II

Though the sturdy basket

I remember has surely 

Turned to dust

I would recognize

The emptiness it defined.

III

Beware, emptiness!

A basketmaker

Plots to trap you.

IV

This basket is full

Of the wrong kind

Of emptiness.

V

I meant to bring you

An empty basket

But the emptiness

Leaked out.