Many fine lines in there Kasper, thanks for this one!
-Peter
On Dec 23, 2007 1:48 PM, kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I don't imagine them as nasty; scuttling &c. maybe, but not bugs.
>
> KS
>
> On 23/12/2007, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > I often had a feeling that something nasty was up there --so did asterix
> !
> > P
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> > Behalf Of kasper salonen
> > Sent: 21 December 2007 18:43
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: latesnap - no snow this winter
> >
> > in heaven, stars are insects
> > crawling or swimming.
> >
> > they do not scald, but blind
> > with God's angry light shining
> > through their tiny, hungry mouths¯
> > their bronze shells & gold-metal husks
> > don't keep the blaze secret, but slither & clink
> > when their wings purr to be unfurled,
> > dangerous ladybirds
> > feeding on crumbs of galaxies
> > & sieved sins that sparkle like clouded moons¯
> >
> > as pets they are tremulous,
> > sweet but still feral
> > with the early cataclysm's glow.
> >
> > the night sky, telescoped by our fathoming
> > & imagination's map,
> > might be animal graveyards,
> > or angelic lookout camps,
> > or insect-stars mimicking our traffic.
> >
> > KS
> >
>
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