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'scape, 2014, 5*, breathing, Carol, conservatory, feet, German, heat, horizontal, love, portrait, roof, shadow, silence, smell, sound, speech, sun, time, toes, vertical
there they are – those feet –
up on the arm of the settee
one heel laying the foot along
(as far as a curve will allow)
the other pinioned above
hanging over the other’s arch
(exquisite close shadow)
curving vertical the sole almost
crease-free the big ole toe-pad
making a long curve 80º to the
arch, a pennant – a solitary bunt –
two toes tent pegs sticking up
(only one on the other foot)
two bubble toes (three) like buds
(smell relaxed and natural
when up close) …
… don’t even shift when the
door drifts slightly shut or the
plastic roof expands in the sun
and the roof-of-the-mouth-
breathing pauses … (held?) but
in the middle of silence and heat:
“wie viel Uhr ist es?” even though
she doesn’t naturally speak German
and neither do I understand
to reply
————w(O)rmholes________________________________|—–
breathing wormhole: ‘when it came / time to go …’
C & conservatory wormhole: tag cloud poem IV – C
feet & silence wormhole: St. Ludwigskirche
love wormhole: they find their life growing together –
roof & shadow wormhole: … still waving!
speech wormhole: a splash of fresh water
sun wormhole: the chiropodist
time wormhole: titanic
mlewisredford 