A line and a point mark a plane,
but the difference between the plane
I am in
and the plane
I'd prefer to be on
is that the former facilitates flights
from and to,
while the latter facilitates flights
of.
After all, prepositions can be propositions.
From and to get you places,
while of gets you nowhere.
On the other hand,
of can get you to from and to,
while from and to
will never get you to of—
which may mean that
propositions can also be,
of all things,
prepositions.
Goes to show, I guess, that,
unless you watch your step
and toe the line and get the point,
nowhere can be somewhere
and somewhere can be nowhere.

2010, NYC