Variations on an Admonition

Variations on an Admonition



I have played with the skulls of seals
And feigned them to be children.

I will tell you of the black spot
Constantly before me—

I had tried hard to make land,
But the coast has altogether vanished.

I ask that you keep your eyes shut
Until the sound of the swarm

Above has passed, that you mind not
A certain brightness. After all,

I have whittled you into life-size—
I will divide you into many men.

There is still time for me to gather
The bones of all sorts of animals

And stir life into them.


Joan Kane

Posted over on Absent Magazine