—after Paule Vézelay’s Two Forms Holding Two Ovals
Moon forms a wicker basket’s
rough-edged silhouette, planted
on branch arm’s dedicated clutch,
hiding in its muscular hold
dust lying on its lamenting side,
physically rising from its kicked persuasion and
ground’s unwelcoming vernacular. Posted,
gracious creatures of night’s interim hours, pivoting
heads magnify alert transgressions the hunted
expire before rusted postulation. As night’s
wrists
begin to bend into near-broken
examples of constant exertion,
two owls abscond, freely
stating day’s heavy influence
dictates a tiredness unseen for the reason of
allegorical weakness.
—
Felino A. Soriano is a case manager and advocate for developmentally and physically disabled adults, and editor/publisher of Counterexample Poetics and Differentia Press. He has authored 10 collections of poetry. His website explains further: www.felinosoriano.com.
