Never
Never is a long time
lots of things
happen before
Never is over
Remember
all the triumphs
once predicted
to happen
Never
happened sooner
than later
I dread
that never
however long
may still wind up
being shorter than
Someday
I need to hope
that before
Never is over
Someday has arrived
Alan Katerinsky is an assistant professor of Computer Security and Information Assurance at Hilbert College. His poetry has appeared in ArtVoice, Hazmat Review, and Reader’s Quarterly among other places.