Sunday, September 6, 2015

DREAMING OF THE RED 1964 . . .

artwork: ralph murre


DREAMING OF THE RED 1964 FORD MUSTANG
CONVERTIBLE DEALER  PROMO MODEL GIVEN
TO ME ON MY 16th BIRTHDAY BY MY MOTHER

by CX Dillhunt


How morning can be transalpine
How the vestiges of summer are falling
How the window can be empty and still
How the curtain isn't moving
How the bed curtails movement 

How fear can be found
How finding is fearful
How a teaspoon of salt falls
How fall is around the corner
How morning rounds out the room

How the room transforms the sleeper
How the transvestite can still be sleeping
How this poem turns the corner into fall

Now drives on through the morning window.


~ first published in Wisconsin People & Ideas