The Shearline of Obscurity
By C. D. Wright
Water
Cold as it sounds
The storm glass
Refilled and sealed
With a wine cork
The spout spilling over
Ultramarine
Mixed with red
Producing
Black on black
The ravens absorb
During those evocations, those divinations of the observer
Of the interplay between shades
Breathe, rest, wait, keep silent
Walk toward the bay swinging the arms
Abandon sandals at the end of the blacktop
To cross the dredged up stratum of sand
To stand at the edge expecting
To go totally blind
Upon seeing a four-armed sea star regenerating
Copyright Credit: C. D. Wright, "The Shearline of Obscurity" from Shallcross. Copyright © 2016 by C. D. Wright. Reprinted by permission of Copper Canyon Press, www.coppercanyonpress.org.
Source: Shallcross (Copper Canyon Press, www.coppercanyonpress.org, 2016)