Speak, Eye
Watch, this moment,
observe the patterns of
passing human life
Listen to the voice
even indecipherable,
aphasia syllables and
heavy, burdened lips
Let ashes fall, dowse
their own flame, stay
back and see
how beings try so hard.
(first appeared at Leaves of Ink)
Rendering
an etching, a line
and the travels of a people
emerge
on their swollen tongues
they have traveled
miles
and unearthed
new places
only to discover
the beginning of self.
(first appeared at Leaves of Ink)
Sharkskin
We made sure to make
plenty of time for the sound
of the ocean, leaving the life
of flickering images behind
and neglecting the busy
eateries
In the deeper waves, dark
forms began surfacing, birds
dove in plumes of salt water
Dolphins, I said, but no,
the fins were different, the
bodies a shadow of rising
and plunging, disturbing
the calm, creating images
of rows and rows of teeth.
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