What Fog

Since they grow so huge, the clouds
Need sky, and since they’ve got sky,
The clouds are bound to grow huge.

This is an old saw. The sage
Used it to cut up hearth wood.
A sage needs to stay warm, too,

To stay sage. A block of ice
Can make a fine bank to break
To get saved genes from the sage

Long gone from life, but a block
Of ice and genes and silk robes
Is not the same as a sage.

Wait, why did the sage wear silk?
Well, why did the sage saw wood?
What sage? Clouds sink. The sky’s dark.