"Echolocation"

 
 I watch myself seeing, looking

at pictures, the Facebook raison d'être.

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eyes sit at the front of the head, near the middle of a face;

at the back of the head, a digestive organ

where the mind ruminates on what has come

to cloak the meaning of "Friend"

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and the face of this window, transparency 

broken by projection

~ what I see, what I am, is not what is seen,

not what I am to you ~

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however much I open

my eyes, my mind, my heart, my ears,

and open my throat to voice

a sound to bounce back

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Echolocation 

 

Summer Heat Waves, or "Where I've Been"

Growls and clatters -
tractor engine plows the damp air, heavy

as if an ocean occupies these hayfields.

A dark day lacks shadows, elicits

reflection from within; the inner voice says simply, "Paint." 

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"Heat Waves," #1 through 10. All are 8 x 10 inches on paper; watercolor, gouache, colored pencil.

 © 2012 Ravenna Taylor