Fishnet Stockings and Fresh-Cut Wood

Finding myself writing more privately in my journal than wanting to publicize every thought through WordPress, I’m wondering where to draw the line.

Like do I mention the image I woke with this morning?  The one that came as a bird’s-eye view while I sifted in that space just between sleeping and waking.

courtesy of Horia Varlan

It was a big sky place, like Wyoming.  Cotton clouds in wide open blue.  An ariel view of the back of a pick up truck.  Half of the truck bed was stacked with fresh-cut wood.  And resting just beside the pile were  legs, one bent at the knee, reclining freely in black, fishnet stockings.

This may be more information than anyone needs to know.  Freud is dead but I suppose here’s a time where one could conjure his analysis.  But let’s forget that.

The beauty of art is to let go of the mind.  Play in the realms where nothing makes sense.  Tap this source of possibility.  Enjoy the mysterious confusion.

art by Leo Fontan

Why not start the day with a picture of infinite sky, a well-stocked supply of wood and beautiful legs naturally taking in the scene?

What the heck.  Why not tell you about it?

Guided by Stars

I can see
how the Polynesian sailors
made friends with the stars

stellar points of reference
constant connections
that only
slowly
rounded
through the night
out of sight

more than friends
they were
the celestial compass
pointing the way
home

for three nights
in the twenty-first century
I leave my GPS
and Google maps
behind
all points lead
here

my body held in the meld
of sand
the perfect shape
to fit
my form
each night
my eyes have only one place to cast upon
a night sky
no distraction
but for more than a billion
stars

that big dipper
tipping
same place
every evening
daring to ladle
a hefty helping
of the sea,
my heart

ancient people
once
laid upon this shore
and lived
hungry or full
in love
or broken-hearted
this canopy
of light delay
was their Constant

can I forever imprint
the signpost
of these diamond markers
on my soul
pocket them for guidance
for when I’m back
and housed in doors
merely sneaking peeks to sky
through lamp-lit windows

these heavenly bodies
are falling
tonight
plenty of chances
to pin hopes on dreams
but no wishes seem to matter
here
sand
sea
me

there is only one longing
I don’t want to lose sight
may I never forget
the infinite dots
connecting
me
to Home

courtesy of Larry Johnson

All One

By day
there are YMCA swim lessons
amid spray-on sunscreen clouds
and chlorine
a stop by the super-store on the way home
for a 12-pack roll of toilet paper

By night
I am an ancient soul
dreamtime
where I live
on the banks of an inlet
observing centuries of mariners
who approach my river mouth
and settle

these travelers are the water cultures
Indians of the Ganges
Polynesians of the Pacific
Italians from Venetian canals

It works this way in dreams
details may not match the mind
there’s just an understanding

that there is one water source
and a merging of its distant parts
waterways and bloodlines
cultures collide
over time
space
seep
blend

Who is this ancient me
in dreamtime
watching time unfurl
through men in boats
finding their way to the shore?

she understands
it’s all connected
not in the way
one would read a bumper sticker on a Prius
it’s a knowing
fundamental
as the element of water

dreamy waters, yes
but real all the same

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