MYSTERIOSO N I N E
FORGIVE CORE OF THE MEAT. FORGIVE MEAT
FLESH.
Forgive rage. Also kindness. Touch gentle
in this strange spot.
ALWAYS VISITED. THE CORE OF ALL REALMS
of
chickadees, tadpoles, living droplets, blazing minuscule
FURNACES.
A TRILLION BILLION
INSIDE
OF ANOTHER
LIKE AN ONION,
spraying heavens
that intermix
while
we
slide
through
shallow crevices.
EMOTIONS. WATERFALLS.
Frozen ponds
with goldfish
alive and swimming
in the black water.
YES! AND
MUCH MORE
SING!
MYSTERIOSO
T H I R T E E N
SMILE. SMILE WITH THE SOFT EDGE
OF THE MIND.
Pliant as the lip of an abalone.
Strong as the smallest worm in its harshest
and tenderly nourishing realm.
NO MIND. NO BODY. GONE. GONE.
I stroke my hands over my chest
and your buttocks
WE
SMILE
INSPIRED
by protein pleasure
and loveliness.
So solid.
We defeat presence or nothingness.
All of me and all of you
ARE
this cameo of perfection
with smooth polished edges.
THIS
IS
REALLY IT!
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Michael McClure is a poet, novelist, essayist, playwright.
He published his first book, Passage, in 1956, a year
after the reading at Six Gallery. He has produced 16 books
of poetry, six collections of essays, two novels, and ten
plays, including the Obie-winning Josephine the Mouse
Singer and the notorious The Beard, shut down by
police fourteen consecutive nights in Los Angeles. He is
also co-writer, with Janis Joplin, of "Mercedes Benz,"
and professor at California College of Arts and Crafts. His
most recent book is PLUM STONES: CARTOONS OF NO HEAVEN (O
Books, 2002).
Michael McClure lives in the San Francisco Bay Area hills
with his wife, the sculptor Amy Evans McClure (whose work
can be seen at
BigBridge Webzine), and "the most spoiled cat on the
planet."
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