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Poetry: On A Photograph by Mimi

Purchased on the eve of

disease in black and white


geometry: a dry Central Park

drinking fountain


viewed from overhead

as in the guise of bird or


God.

Face thrust into a sunbeam

(skewed from the internal shadow)


which illuminates across

the frame and


reveals motes rushing

flickering bright,


normal,


out—


scintilla novas known

like the dark side of


the moon, there

though unseen.


At first glance

none yet has guessed

the concrete subject.


—s. m. hutton


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s. m. hutton
18 Mar 2010, 16:46
There is a typo in the title. It should read, "On a Photograph by Mimi."

s. m. hutton
19 Mar 2010, 08:53
Thanks for the correction Anthony!