Friday, September 09, 2022

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He Wipes with No Connection to the Dust

Ordinarily the pleasantries overrule.
Tonight the posies on the window’s
sill move a little bit with the breath of
what’s coming in through the crack

in the corner of the glass.  Oblivious, he 
plants nails into the wallpaper surrounding
the living room windows – the dining room
is galaxies from his perception. The

posies wouldn’t know. Neither would
the crack in the glass. On the fireplace
mantel sits a vase that was blown at a
carnival in Pasadena. It has an audacious

green hue that knows that blues were made for 
beckoning the night to come quick for mercy.

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