that
elusive song, faint anthem
of
the distracted,
behind
you as you walk
muffled
under the soles
of
your shoes
everywhere
you look
people
blur in dark visages
Macke's
somber troops
pulling
toward/away from each other
in
hostile silences
while
somewhere in the corner
of
your vision, a series of spheres
swirls
to giddy music
pulls
to the gravity
of
the mind's
sweet
improvisation
Mindy Kronenberg teaches writing
and literature at SUNY Empire State and Suffolk Community College.
She's the editor of Book/Mark Quarterly Review and the author of two
collections of poetry-- Dismantling the Playground and The Gravity
of Desire. She lives in a 300-year-old house in Miller Place.
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