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THE DAWN COMES UP A VERY
PLANETARIUM BLUE
by Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore
The
dawn comes up a very planetarium blue
red
tinged at the lower edge
little
birds are untucking their heads and shaking their
sleepy
brains awake
cockroaches
are running for cover
somewhere
a murderer is nervously washing his
knife looking over his shoulder
somewhere
lovers are turning in each other’s arms
hating
the day
somewhere
a Bodhissatva is looking at
nothingness
from nothingness’ standpoint
through
slitted eyes and smiling
A
ship is sinking coffee cups rolling on the floor
a
deer is licking her doe awake long black tongue
my
own eyes are burning from being awake too
long
my
heart is brimming with the circling
lariat of this song
trying
to not try to let the song lines
come through
as
the sky now is a more
uniform
whitish wash of blue
~
previously published in Millennial
Prognostications
(The Ecstatic Exchange)
