A Small Dark Blue Myth


The time
between them
definite
from the beginning
                                              Gendenwitha is
known                                           not
                                             lying beside him
the length
of a spring                             she has never                            It seems
the span                                                                                          so
of evening                                    Aware                     inconsequential
the distance                          of her presence                          to speak
to her car                                    parting                     of an attraction

Last words                             the realization                         or to ask
insignificant                               entering                                that he
                                                the body of                 might have had
a black sweater                           waking                               once this
a chain                                     that a deity                         small light
new blue jeans                          of sunrise                          in his room
                                             has restrained
without                                         him                                     denied
acknowledgment                                                                    even the
                                                                                          conception
                                                                                           of a single
                                                                                              pinpoint
                                                                                     in the heavens

                                                                                        she is there
                                                                                  on the forehead
                                                                                              of dawn

                                                                                      beyond reach
                                                                                   his punishment
                                                                                          for having
                                                                                          come back
                                                                                             to earth
 

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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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