Seeker Magazine - December 2004

Blank Flower

by Richard Denner

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I Am A Clarinet I am a clarinet I love the sound of r with no r r r, no road no tree, no poetry Stunned Sunrise a stunned sunrise the sky bloody and bruised I'll be ok if I can get up the rest is gallows humor Eyes That Cry eyes that cry lips that kiss awake to bliss everything to see forget and see again You Gave Me A Ring you gave me a ring turned my finger green if you want, you'll get close if you don't you won't silence in the roar silence I can hear

Lovers lovers holding hands sipping rum & coke soft bop caress wailing lifting wailing drifting Driving Along driving along, riding along everything shimmering the branches in the field vine maple? elderberry? wild rose, sage rose rose of the desert shimmering along you are happy I see it too, even if I don't know what it is Up Before Four she's up before four stirring up dust rising with the cows raising the weather this also, stretching far enough as far as necessary to find her joy Space Out I space out in the dayroom I beat myself, so they put on a helmet bite at the face guard in the blackness after all madness is only madness

Dream I wander in a dream near the ocean's edge how did this crab get in my mouth? defiled by the thing a puppet on a string yakity yak yakity yak every second second yakity yak Clouds clouds like smoke like mist like smoke feathers smoke fur smoke perhaps each Light On Light light on light a river of light a forest of light a bank of light sharing this sunset silence is a world of feeling whirling through light

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Painting by Lucienne Dorrance, copyright 2004. Used with permission.
Copyright 2004 by Richard Denner (No reproduction without express permission from the author)

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Letter to the Author: Richard Denner at rychard@sonic.net