Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Sawdust

Umbra
_____breathe damp
mulch__________rank
green__________black.

Sequoia_____sundial
_____shadow glides
round clearing, long
__________then short.

Over sorrel, grass.

It stalks night.
Day__________drained:
pint glass a massive hand, scarred,
slams_____back_____down

on the bar.

__________Lumberjack
slumber under stars.
They illuminate nothing.
_____Moonless sky.

Crickets.  Stillness.  A lie:
__________eyes gleam
_______________open
__________upturned.

Exhale.  Droplets --
_____gems_____fern.

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