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AS IF I WERE ANYTHING BEFORE by Damian Rogers

Sunday, 30 September 2012 by Damian Rogers

Not all rocks
are alive. Or
so I’ve read.

Someone I love
is struggling, her thoughts
caught in a net.

Her face is full of grace,
her body evergreen,
her heart sharp

as the Canadian Shield.
I’m in Sudbury.
It’s snowing.

The pine trees looked lovely
as I drove
the treacherous roads.

I’m ill-equipped
for this. I sit
by a fake fireplace

that frames a true flame.
I have been crossed
by two crows today.

This tapestry depicts
the biggest bummer
of the new century.

She said you’re hurting
me. She said you’re
not a child.

 

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YES, I’M A WITCH by Damian Rogers

Sunday, 30 September 2012 by Damian Rogers

For Yoko Ono

I dreamed there was a storm.
When it cleared the sky said here

is a half glass of water
to see the seasons through.

When I was a little girl Mother
said I could be anything.
I said a rabbit.

White hare running             through white air.

Stand at the stove and heat milk.
Dream of white rabbits dancing
on white chairs in white snow.

Say yes to sleeping in a see-through dress.
Yes to a pair of scissors for the people
who cut holes in my clothes.
I’ll sit here and watch you do it.

I looked up at the night
and saw the moon.
I said Are you cold?
Do you need a blanket?
Oh no, she said. No, no, no.

When I woke up there was a mountain
and I was a cloud floating beside her.

How do we get back down?

Iron your mind out
like a clean white bedsheet.
Hang it on a clothesline.

Call it the sky.

 

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