James Shea


Mechanical Foliage
 
I felt the rapid turning of the sun in my direction.
I never saw this many squirrels at once.
 
A young entrepreneur sold me his business card.
He told me this was one of the beautiful days.
 
He offered a presentation on my whereabouts:
half of you awake, the other half was not asleep.
 
He said I would see handsome epiphanies,
a vision unifying the particulars, for example. 
 
He put his hand up my sleeve and touched my chest.
In other words, it was a dream I still remember.
 
I heard sheets of ice clink over the lake.
I found the extraordinary moment and recorded it.
 
I wash small trees with my hands, sponging
the trunk and leaves. I live once supposedly.

 

 
 

A David Trinidad Publication for MiPOesias Magazine 2007