Monday, July 18, 2016

UV

The sun becomes a tiny bright spot
in the closed black of my eye
- uninhabited by sky
everything blood orange
yellow ultra-violet.

Two boys play basketball
behind the fence

I want to be awake -
Somewhere a jet lands
a cat stretches 
for an instant the world breathes out-
A sun sets deeply.

- Debbie Calverley

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