Portal Through imitation glass, an imitation world, removed observer and observed observing real and imagined blur, in chalk-dust atmosphere the velvet sound of blackboard brushes dampened smack detentions glimpsed through glass, imagined freedom tainted puffs of cumulous a hint of pink, a sunset rare on blackened khaki earth, a kiln in stone-fruit summer sky a harvest, cropped, a threaded needle eyelet cinched into a knot, snapped taught with teeth caught somewhere in between a grimace and a smile through imitation glass this imitation world slides by, a curtain drawn in water droplets darkening to ashy grey, to twilight dusk and finally to black Bill Arnott Vancouver author, poet, songwriter Bill Arnott is the bestselling nonfiction author of Wonderful Magical Words and Dromomania. 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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Karen Schauber
1/31/2020 12:48:03 am
Wonderful
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