Eiriu's Pool


…Pahn follows the small clear stream                         
through the large garden      like
the yard of his teens                                 
  that will be his soon                    but
     is no longer from his past        
             
The stream
trips     
over brown
and rust
bedrock
 on its way down
the long
gentle slope     
‘till
it veers left                               
and rushes                                           
             into the pool                                                                            
at the edge of the property                                                     
There is a thin rim of rock                                                      
along the north edge     where                                                  
the water slips out       and crashes
down into a culvert to re-circulate                                               

Pahn slides         into the water
and swims       


Pahn is thinking of Eiriu
who is sunbathing nearby     with a friend
           
(He will invite her to live with him       and she will say yes        
She will tell him                                                                        
that he will need to calm the current in the pool
so that her friends don’t get swept away)              

When it is time to leave
for the land is not yet his
       he finds her clarinet            
and plays a few notes   

(She will ask him                                                                  
     where he learned to play  and                  
he will answer)                                                             

This is his reverie 

He sees her in her dark blue     one-piece bathing suit
swimming in his pool    
He sees her in a short black dress                               
with a rope for a belt
swimming in his pool
           
Her vegan body is thin and flat                                            
She is always damp…                                                           

…Pahn is carrying her clarinet case
          through the house 
There are people coming         and going           

In the kitchen
he sees
his grandfather (Zeyeuss)
cooking
and when Pahn leaves the room
Zeyeuss follows            
and hugs him

Pahn is surprised             and intimidated
by Zeyeuss’ size and strength—
almost menacing             because
in the past Zeyeuss
was short             and old             and mild-
   tempered

Pahn                                                                            
continues about the house         
waiting for his inheritance

for his future
of peace
and Eiriu…

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Some of these poems originally appeared in the following publications

Avocet
Dream International Quarterly
mojo risin'
The Muse Apprentice Guild (The MAG)
Transfer

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