Channels

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In the mixed green
marshes of sleep       trying
                   to understand the         waterways
               that wind under         bridges
                    through the                 grass
and willows
      Pahn walks
                           into the pavement
of work
          passing the           elephants
and the bosses           finding
a place to sit                     
to let go
                 annoyed
                                             by the       crudeness
                                                   of the      coworkers
                                         and their     contests

In the warehouse       he walks                                                    
into the middle
where the people walk
like a stream
between the banks of equipment
and shelves of goods
with Daphnis who asks
if
it is OK to be there
and Pahn tells him
It’s where they should be
because this
                                                          is where the angels walk ...

... Riding in the wooded hills    
 with three angelic women
                                                             Vehsta is driving
                                                                      Ahlaveena sits quietly
and with Pahn in the back seat
                                                              Piteuss gossips sweetly

Now they are at a hearing
where
                                                          Vehsta makes her presentation
                                            and they are free
to return       deemed innocent

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Vehsta is leaving                                                        
Pahn holds her head against his chest
in his arms                                         
kissing her hair
hoping she will know
that she is loved

They measure
                            the straight     road back
with a tape
laughing
and joking

And finally Pahn
is led
to a Greek ruin
where among the blocks and columns
Drew Barrymore
is lying
bathed in vulva light

And there he lies with her
hiding the remote
so that no one can change
the channel

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On the bridges
with their balustrades
                                    over the sloughs
                                        and vernal pools
         Pahn mills    with the people
                                of nature
                                        among the      middle aged
angel men
stiff and identical
like avian gargoyles

of gray stone

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