Saturday, July 13, 2013

still-yet-shining Sun

the Sun hangs low with wanton light
it warms the flat face of a rock

strange brown flies buzz by
Black-eyed Susan's drying petals

long shadows 
dead Daisy stalks bobbing in the breeze

I saw a woman
my eyes upon her every inch

they still remembered
what she forgot

her fingers on her awkward flesh
they ran along a strap

perhaps she'd worn
a misplaced dress

the Sun atop a rough-hewn ridge
water rippling toward the southern shore

I used to ask to read her work
it's still too cold to swim


the blue vein of her inner arm
a sideways slidden ring

will it be a Wednesday
or a Thursday?

I am grain spilling from a carted sack
wilted bells upon limp leaves

I am not afraid of hornets

white scar of a contrail
clipped fingernail moon

where does the distant pilot drift?

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