Wings the color of light flutter late afternoon
from here to the thick wall of fog that hides
the horizon over yonder & beyond
monterey cypress all eaten by spiderwebs
& time
the revolving god of the pacific islanders
“circles of jagged light” yes & other formations
just as effective
but kicking your way across the sand & against
the wind that rushes in off the water (the waves
all falling apart) you
flop upon your own mystic denial littered
with empties