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Sunday, December 15, 2013

Eric Dolphy’s Third Eye

All dark velvet, darker silk,
you know what I mean,
maybe you’ve been there?
strumming Telluric currents
emerald & steel
& where it falls in the index of beach pavement

shifting sand             There to glance a moment
surging water           carrying a bent tuning fork
                                     & a bag of flashlight batteries

The drumroll pipes in advance of the sea-
breeze
tumbling across the arroyo alleyway
between tattoo parlors & dive bars
hustling kelp blossoms beneath
the reliquary palm trees of winter
shadowed in pale sunlight

It’s all within walking distance

drifting sand             Conscious recollection
painted water           arranged in acoustic patterns
                                       maybe you’ve heard it?

Chinese surf music
Engines in the bougainvillea
Peruvian wind chimes

often folded into the origami seascape
half past sunset on Green Dolphin Street