Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Al Fresco Cafe Poem #174
Painting by Vargas
AL FRESCO CAFÉ POEM #174
The words,
The words, the words
We
Spoke
To each other, wingless,
Never flew through the open doors of their cages.
Stayed paralyzed on the circle of a newspaper,
Were crossed
By the
Thin
Shadows of cage wires
And the oval shadow of a cuttlebone.
We both heard the shadows that crossed the words
Sing
A requiem.
Renata, I can
This summer recall
Verbatim
Every word I did not say.
Duane Locke
Posted over on Zygote In My Coffee
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