small differences come out like stars

Something lasts 

as long as 

it's repeated, 

as long as 

it's repeated as

long.

One works harder

at first

to make it

last,

noticing less and less

in the middle

until small differences

come out like stars.

The more often

it is said, thought, done,

the more

there 

it becomes

solid

            transparent

an echo

not a voice

a given

not a choice.

The more there is,

the less we need to.

 

[Elaine Equí {1953- } 'Repetition and Duration', from Sentences and rain]