[New-Poetry] "Poems That Arrived Without a Briefcase"

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Neat.
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From: "James Cervantes" <cervantes.james at gmail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 10:20 AM
Subject: [New-Poetry] "Poems That Arrived Without a Briefcase"


> Poems That Arrived Without a Briefcase
> 
> 
> In the museum of very modern art
> the guard shouts "Don't touch that!"
> then swooshes back into a cardboard
> cut-out of himself unable to speak.
> 
> *
> 
> The gate works only in the writing of it
> and will not open in real life where
> people have a compulsion to touch.
> 
> *
> 
> A glint occurs only in special circumstances
> when the observer is of a certain height
> and carries himself a certain way when the sun
> peeks out and strikes the pebble just so.
> 
> *
> 
> A leaf flies past.  But the windows are up.
> A maple leaf.  You are traveling there.
> But the windows are up.  The red leaf
> is in the passenger seat, traveling south.
> 
> How quickly you made it real.
> 
> *
> 
> We harbor thoughts as if they were boats
> that know a language of flags.  When they leave
> all we have is their breeze and ragged edges of color.
> 
> 
> 
> -- Jim
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