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Seeing Six Stars


God, you dissected tomatoes in the moonless tomorrow,
a loud night, with deep red air
with warm, steaming air somehow in winter

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The virgin’s supper eludes her
until a spring wind gifts tomatoes
and her satiety is vivid, & glorious

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God redeems his sperm gives it to Dionysus
who mixes it with bulbs and drinks
all the way to the southernmost tip of his body

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Intoxicated by red liqueur, God makes greenhouses
to regulate the temperature of the unborn Christ
and in Antarctica saints celebrate, sing hymns

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God’s brother is named Joe, after my barber & di Maggio
he plays checkers with Adam on another, floodlit world
lined with newspapers, reeking of vinegar

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In Ethiopia every angel vies for what meat
archangels push from jade encrusted tables
there is no famine – it could even be a market

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What of all this, Robinson? Black, brown
the colour of alcoholic drinks, and soils
pregnant in momentary stillness, in risk

 



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