July 2017
In this issue
Contents
At the observatory
It is the place where, without admixture or confusion, all the places of the world, seen from every angle, coexist. — J L Borges, The..
Out of the Aeneid
Next door a rooster inscribes his cry on the living cosmos. Overnight my hair has become a nest of aluminum foil to short..
The Final Darkness
“In this big world of adults, observing with my big round eyes, Mum said we are bound by love and friendship and live together as..
Skin is Core
Soap dissolves molecule by molecule, runnels toward the drain and disappearance. The skin is core, outer the inner, so only the shrinking, —rounding,..
FLOATING, FLOATING
Our lives race feebly in all directions. A frozen piece of land at the bottom of the earth… “I seem to hold in reserve something..
Daphne Rises
Look how Mercury dapples the sky & Daphne’s house Faces north; there is nothing to say about the light Except it reaches beyond the heavens..
Tangiers
The old narrow wooden streets of claustrophobia with market traders of differing size and health are adjoined by newer streets of many young gazers arrested..
Bad Pet, Mad Pet
The long black hair of the vampire smelled of wildflowers and fresh soil. I inhaled hungrily, absorbing in every way I could think of. His..
Museum Canvass Rarely Seen
The war was over, but for how long we didn’t know. The streets were filled with debris and fires. As we walked among the bombed..