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Thursday, June 11, 2015

Sunny days with Purple haze


It must be that Jimmy knows all
we rely on his revised rigging

we can clearly see through tiny glasses
which are crumbled all around
as you said that which is built
must tumble to the ground

Eventually, 
on these long dogged days
stretching Pacifically 
horizontally both ways

You start by digging ditches
building by removal
connecting the channelled groove
each speck to spec, welding by will

And for the portcullis
a molding of macrocystis
do reserve some kelp for the keep
confounding those criss-cross-walls

one strand at a time
one per postern
a grain delay
water wise

These masonry molds of ornate turrets tell
a chivalric tale, a creation of deterioration

With a gypsy white washed beechwood to etch
windows, bars, doorways-all notably notched 

deleterious dimensions
of modern medieval convention

Wet cement won't hold
unless the tide turns down
the daily grind, of rise and fall
testing the outer castle wall

The sun casts long poles
from the towers to the South
the flood plain fills spreading
its frothy water line

Evermore, 
in this phase
of sandy daze
and purple UV rays



 




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