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false suns
shining through
ice crystals
what is known
to the senses
myself or outside
the paintings
of flowers
removing
suspicion
¶
some
thing in suspension
that was
is far from
pretending a
circled piece of
air — the fantasy
of being
exempt
¶
from
military service
ultramarine sky
age of treason
supports or contests
breaking news in
the killer’s space
¶
the fire or
a day of
sightseeing
where did they
house the horses
anyhow?
undercoat
source of light
the plant
¶
closed. By the
willingness to
stay — he was
distraught, pulling
his shirt, his blue
tie over his face
white orchids
¶
or a wave of
bad checks
BOOM —
nano-weather
smaller buildings
tongue in cheek
the city itself
did not change
¶
on this day
80% of the people
missed each other
cars beyond
bamboo fence
sound of coffee
blueprints
nobody wanted
to hear that
¶
conversation
is just
possible
emptiness is
relative
the way air
resists
¶
the feather
just
the sight
before
the eyes
money
¶
monkey
donkey
hanging on
to sound
Milwaukee
tell me about
the driftless region
compass
¶
compassion
anybody’s
lover
clouds
hanging over
the city
rehearsal
¶
for disaster
or disaster
only
a drill — did you
get a new
phone, honey?
are you
¶
practicing
on the corner
in real time
whereas myself
conscious of fog
or outside
flinging beads
into the pond
¶
swim
from one
world
to another
memory
bank
pouring
ashes
¶
into
the violin
case
speak
to the side
don’t push
¶
your luck
like diving into
a picture
a real
hotel lobby
in a real
gunshot
silk
¶
illusions
questions
are facts
orange wands
in driving
snow
never
¶
think of
spring
the limit
sun
under the
second sun
second
stutter
¶
small
captions under
these photos
a single
green leaf
rose pink
against
a white
wall
¶
“Existing in the moment means having survived oneself up to that point.”
Peter Sloterdijk, Derrida, An Egyptian
Among Norma Cole’s poetry books are Where Shadows Will: Selected Poems 1988—2008, NATURAL LIGHT and Do the Monkey. TO BE AT MUSIC (essays) is forthcoming from Omnidawn Press. Cole has received awards from the Gerbode Foundation, Gertrude Stein Awards, Fund for Poetry and Foundation for Contemporary Arts. She teaches at the University of San Francisco.