Blue on Black

... a tempered blue as of the sky and dark water commingled. - Thoreau

got up very early this morning

'twas still dark

but not everything was out of sight

turns out someone had forgotten to put out their lit cigarette from last night

smoldering smoke rode the sky bareback

brushing strokes from an innate, bruised palette of blue on black

its alibi airtight

what's right is right

so much for flying a kite

Author's Note

"As the skies appear to a man, so is his mind. Some see only clouds there; some, prodigies and portents; some rarely look up at all; their heads, like the brutes,' are directed toward Earth. Some behold there serenity, purity, beauty ineffable. The world runs to see the panorama, when there is a panorama in the sky which few go to see." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Thomas W Case]

Tremendous work. Powerful writing.

[Pete]

thanks twc.