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Wednesday, January 25, 2017

under the umbrella: dream of the diviner

under the umbrella

i woke without
the crowd, before
the crows called
each other to rise

later i would observe
the pattern of flight,
now,still night, i must
see into my guts

i who is the diviner
of my life and yours,
my task to foretell
the impulse of presence

the movement of arrows
and where time will flow,
i will bind a scarf
over my eyes

and speak in tongues.
what i see should
not be understood,
listening will create

meaning from intonation
not from grammar nor words.
let there be silence
before the sun will reach

the branches of trees
in the wild fruit gardens.
there is too much
we carry, conversation

means to turn words
and hints together
into different contexts
and increase confusion

for the purpose of
common entertainment
which will leave us alone
without being aware

of what we do, talking
like fishes making bubbles,
fencing perception and
our souls: laughter

and kisses are songs
without words, the music
for diviners and poets, a
power more than swords

and the morning work
in the garden is peace,
is harmony with  future
in the presence of sweat

give me a hoe and seeds,
silence the foreteller
with work, soup , bread-
see: we are not yet dead.






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