Ten minutes on March 18, 2008

Ten minutes on March 18, 2008

The Canon PowerShot sd750
Digital elph
7.1 megapixels
is matte silver
and its lens is covered in the center by a plastic snap-to piece
its two halves a stylized yin yang
outside its circle
one two three circles encircle it

The moon
Elph of some majesty
Many candles bright
Is not matte silver
It is the same bright silver as Canon
The word above the lens
Its full face is pointed at a hut tub
Outside its circle
One circle also bright silver
Huge, a third of the horizon,
Hovering, an eye
On things.

From the digital eye
A tear in clear plastic
The flash
From the moon
Mars in traditional long range red

Wars are martial
Or otherwise
We discuss them

Kevin says several things
Each of these things
Has a ring around it
Each idea its halo
They take their place in air
As air
Talk and oratory

They last as long as we hold them
In our memories
And longer

Mars’ angry red face
Is a dot smaller than the dot
On this i
We are once again in hot water
The moon’s circle
Like the smoke ring from a wizard in a book
Curls for a long time perfectly
Circling effortlessly
Then begins to dissipate
Circle to oval
The tear defining a third of the horizon

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Thanks to Kathy and Ram

And I haven’t even talked about what the trees indicated on the doggiwalk, or the way the street is a microcosm of all California and a yoga for loving your locale…