Post from August, 2010

Aug 10

If Pigs Could Fly

Tuesday, 10. August 2010 19:00

the enso

Statue of pig with wings, as if preparing to fly

"A Pig Prepares for Flight" by marlowe

the poem

then the lies we tell
ourselves, each other
would be halfway
around the world by now,
perched in trees, wings folded,
no way home. The streets
are littered with what remains
— an empty bottle, a dozen wilted roses.
Do we hope our stories wash
away in the rain? Do we
expect to leap from the ledge
and soar?

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Aug 03

A Speck of Promise

Tuesday, 3. August 2010 20:00

the enso

A crescent moon in between pink crepe myrtles

detail from "Venus and the Moon" by Mark Hiebert

the poem

Like life, light often ends
before the shine is realized, stretching
further than you anticipated. The moon,
in its full expression, is a circle
or so you have been told. Peeking
between the crepe myrtle branches, you see
a drop of milk spilt on the twilight sky.
You replay the childhood stories of men
who lived on pearls of cheese in space.
No, you say, it cannot come to this: a speck
of a promise almost lost.

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