Clam Eye Not delivery, but instead that nano-micro instantaneous flash when something’s something new alchemy, necromancy botticelli’s venus birthed astride an open-hulled shore-bound shell westerlies swirling locks the colours of salmon, sand and spring – printemps – adrift no pilots, gigs, or ushers simply tug of instinct, artisanal tide with wide spread beckoning world a beach where houngans, mambo, druids palette-armed in ex-postdiluvial spectrums egg-yolk concoctions imagined emerge, dripping from sea-lapped rock to the molar-grind of mussels grit and clench of coital conclusions symphonic, the slow, slow applause of oysters an orchestra, balconied scallops, clams in a pit waves wash, conduct, dissolve, for now in splashes of saline steam Bill Arnott Vancouver author, poet, songwriter Bill Arnott is the bestselling nonfiction author of Wonderful Magical Words and Dromomania. His book, Gone Viking, is available here. His poetry is in the League of Canadian Poets Heartwood and Paper Dart Press UK PLAY anthologies. Bill’s poems, reviews and articles also appear online.
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