-in fog—
July 4, 2000 – 6:15 a.m.
the word is fragments –
their edges are pointed and sharp
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words forced through the sun’s failure
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masts of ships – demarcations
in a morning canceled by fog
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the island emerges from the sea –
the fog –
rooftops in silhouette
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mockingbird’s voice –
tossed dice in a sky bound by fog
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eye of a rabbit – round –
the only thing in the grass
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house sparrow on a red flower
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swallows leave designs in the air –
faded messages meaning nothing
beyond their saying
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light through a crack in the floor
letting in the voices that inhabit this place –
the pops and cracks and moans –
the distant and labored breathing
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socked in –
aimless trust in the moving aside of this density
About the Poet:
John L. Stanizzi — author of Ecstasy Among Ghosts, Sleepwalking, Dance Against the Wall), After the Bell, and Hallelujah Time! His poems have appeared in American Life In Poetry, Prairie Schooner, Rust + Moth, The New York Quarterly, Rattle, and others. He teaches literature at Manchester Community College.
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