Karen Kevorkian:THIS IS WHY YOU MUST NOT LEAVE NOW
Vulnerably thin palm trees at the pool’s edge
spew down dead fronds, gunshot birds
brown falling at dusk
spew down dead fronds, gunshot birds
brown falling at dusk
a little rain coming and going,
fine pepper spray on the face
fine pepper spray on the face
below the pool’s surface spotlights restating
what could not be more ordinary,
a kirlian woman discharging coronas of light
what could not be more ordinary,
a kirlian woman discharging coronas of light
the water mottles, silver rings her body,
skimming fingertips explode parabolas
skimming fingertips explode parabolas
midnight on azure, endsheets of a handmade
Florentine book where peacock, cerulean,
and sapphirine profusely question
Florentine book where peacock, cerulean,
and sapphirine profusely question
in the almost-dark sky clouds
of steel, pyrite, hyacinth, azurine
of steel, pyrite, hyacinth, azurine
a strange planet, everything in motion
in the mostly empty expanse
of ash and water, ember and ice
in the mostly empty expanse
of ash and water, ember and ice
an infinite meadow of heaven
of white fire laden and literal blue cold
of white fire laden and literal blue cold
from Literary Pool, 2014
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