between Cather's Later Novels and Scott's
Lady of the Lake
it rests in red
dog-eared 1954 Webster's New World
wanting to cheat the assignment and
open
to
dandelion
that seems a simple benign thing
yet
I resist
and buy-in to the task
fast
I flick to
consubstantiality consultative consolatory cont.
page 316-317 Cs
being of a trinity--being an abbreviation for things in, without and to come
but it is the illustrations
one on each page square
white on black
CONSTELLATIONS
(northern hemisphere)
(southern hemisphere)
lost
I become
from Piscis Austrinus to Ursa Major
Cygnus, Lyra and Cassiopeia
circling
orbiting
then back again sailing across printed blackness so captivating
Ophiuchus to Orion
Coronia Australis & Sagittarius
Phoenix to Hydra
but suddenly
there sits Norma
Norma
a small constellation in the southern hemisphere
lying between
Ara & Lupus
Ara--refuge
Lupus--wolf
breath stilled
am stunned a bit
as I am becoming my own refuge as a wolf these days
settling into the soft spot amongst stars & men
stripped of feathers & fear
opal magic is present in this morning hour of eight o'clock
amidst the birds & sun & red dictionary
this solitary sanctuary
Norma
the name of my mother
born this day in 1926
Lady of the Lake
it rests in red
dog-eared 1954 Webster's New World
wanting to cheat the assignment and
open
to
dandelion
that seems a simple benign thing
yet
I resist
and buy-in to the task
fast
I flick to
consubstantiality consultative consolatory cont.
page 316-317 Cs
being of a trinity--being an abbreviation for things in, without and to come
but it is the illustrations
one on each page square
white on black
CONSTELLATIONS
(northern hemisphere)
(southern hemisphere)
lost
I become
from Piscis Austrinus to Ursa Major
Cygnus, Lyra and Cassiopeia
circling
orbiting
then back again sailing across printed blackness so captivating
Ophiuchus to Orion
Coronia Australis & Sagittarius
Phoenix to Hydra
but suddenly
there sits Norma
Norma
a small constellation in the southern hemisphere
lying between
Ara & Lupus
Ara--refuge
Lupus--wolf
breath stilled
am stunned a bit
as I am becoming my own refuge as a wolf these days
settling into the soft spot amongst stars & men
stripped of feathers & fear
opal magic is present in this morning hour of eight o'clock
amidst the birds & sun & red dictionary
this solitary sanctuary
Norma
the name of my mother
born this day in 1926
