A nifty walk across the stanzas, Max. Eyes & ears feel it (if no noses can).
Doug
On Nov 26, 2014, at 9:06 AM, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Nostril and Eye
>
> Do not walk with headphones on and hoods covering your heads.
> - Campus Crime Advisory, Seattle University Public Safety Office
>
>
> Even with my hoodie up
> at risk of being mugged
> or run over, vision narrowed
> to the sidewalk ahead -
>
> its original smoothness
> disrupted by tree roots,
> slippery now with autumn's
> drifts of fallen leaves,
>
> vision centered on the steady
> forward plod of my boots,
> the leather leash extended
> from hand to dog, himself
>
> a solemn plodder - we avoid
> the same puddles, into which
> drizzle drizzles. He savors
> intensely whatever
>
> interests dog-nostrils,
> hints of - clues to - other dogs,
> substances edible maybe? -
> while I - eye-dominant,
>
> eye-stimulated, eye-
> ecstatic, eye-gorged,
> eye-surfeited - relish
> leaves all the right bright colors
>
> of the season, shapes - all
> the soft and sharp serrated
> and sensuous sorts. My ears
> are hooded, his pricked warily
>
> (as far as floppy Lab ears can be).
> Tree-loppers’ roaring ripping scares
> us both out of our wits,
> momentarily.
Douglas Barbour
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