Far Away Eyes

of horses & the space
they define
              as I have seen & crossed that
field
hoofbeats remember
                                      wing lift / flutter
from the tall grass that runs the slope
& ears up head raised
              as time stops & hollows out
briefly
in the midst of twilight
(mist)
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to be thus mentholated
but only in the shadow-land of Nod
where lovely mermaids
(las sirenas) swim out
beyond the reef
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Harmonic pollution
eyes like a blue dog walking
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to say forever meaning
something happened before that
then not again
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Chet Baker’s solo on “Summertime”
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The angel of death sitting on my shoulder
drunk off his ass
              as the wind lays down a little
shimmy music in the eucalyptus