December 30, 2015

corvid dreams




endless december he said
staying in to avoid the hard 
darkfall. nautical 
weather has arrived 
made sailors of us 
all. tidal clouds 
unscarved me on 
slate tongue tunnels 
straight through 
the leafletted ash 
of unplanned city 
silences. i am 
followed by rogue 
sky, repeat 
to increment what was 
too fleeting to grasp
on this epiphany escalator, 
take me to the next floor, 
i'm done 
shopping here and also 
done knocking on 
rocks for notes to discover those 
enslaved with prehistoric 
marimba, dreaming, 
gathering antique shadows 
worn like the night's 
cool cloak. i am a crow 
who has learned to collect 
the pebbles of his thoughts 
to fill the jar. i have passed 
aesop's test.





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