Crazed Glass
- An old saying
The window happened
then the seat beside it
waxed paper to glass
whether street or hills
the moment it was clear
they might see inside it
frosted, cleaved, opaque
both ends, the crazed
glass will remember
the rainbow prisms
(but prison happens)
the stay-side says
mirror the way back in
the go-side says
keep the window open
the seam each one works
what can you believe
of the hooded glass in
the directions of self
the shards of pain
bullets and the rocks
the sharp broken pieces
you don’t expect
the cave-house window
was feathery, mixed
with the colours of air
this fancy modern glass
bevelled as an ice ring
translucent as a popsicle
I've found the cracks
I didn't see before
seven years lean
and a new coat of paint
yet timeless...
ReplyDeleteas if it might have been said only this morning