2011 Issue - Santa Fe Community College

Skowhegan
for Robert Creeley
by Audrey Powers
I.
Light moves slowly over the East Coast
while a humid note shatters like lightningblue
cold paint in the studios.
II.
Barn doors open revealing
a wooden chair that waits for words to form
the spider webs that accumulate among the corners.
III.
Mosquitoes suck dry at veins that run out of milk
while a Luna Moth delicately lands on the skin of mildew.
IV.
Blue “low-rider,”
a banana seat bike
sails down a muddy hill
while fear of duck’s itch
prevents swimming
nakedly in the lake.
V. First Circus
Balloons, tied to tiny braids, attempting to float away;
In the middle of a circus, a sad clown spins plates on top of poles
VI. Con Amor Fresco
Grinding pigment, making love
as your hand holds onto the
smooth handle of a glass müller.
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