From This End

August 2, 2007
I sleep six days for every one I open my eyes.
I take pictures and then run three days from the source.
Fiction fixes place in time when fact is fleeting,
and all reality's a vanishing point
at the end of a long line of roadside poles.

At least that's how it appears
on the other end of a pen, a lens,
from behind a particular pair of binoculars,
in the news and financial reports,
on the calendar three Sundays from now
where the crow goes long.

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6 comments:

Blogger pepektheassassin

A fine poem! I especially like the last three lines of the first stanza!  

Blogger tumblewords

Lots of depth in here - layers I love.  

Blogger ...deb

Nice take on perspective.

I don't "get" the last line. But it doesn't matter--I like the words.  

Blogger Constance

I love the first line, it sets the mood, and the second line just dragged me along and plunged me headfirst into the rest of the poem. Nice!  

Blogger Regina Clare Jane

I love your poetry, Schmutzie...
it always makes me think... and that's good.  

Blogger SquareTraveler

You never fail to astonish me. You're jaw-droppingly gifted.  



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