Look at the / look at / look at you
you’ve got the whole / it’s like we all /
just look at you / Surprise the curtains /
the car / the lawn and the old / the river
came right to your door. You stepped /
some mornings / and leaf / well you’d
be / swear the whole forest looked into
you / There was a bird / those birds / a
yellow one with / it had a blackness to /
you said it was imitating the electricity
running through / pretty / through / so
clear / a bell with a crystal clapper / as
careful / sounded so / so / you / ! / You

© Brendan Constantine, all rights reserved. This poem originally appeared in the anthology The Last American Valentine. It also appears in the chapbook “Birthday Girl With Possum,” due out Summer 2009.

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Brendan Constantine is a Southern California poet and champion for the literary arts. He teaches at the Winward School and is well known for his workshops at Venice's Beyond Baroque. He performs his work across the United States.(more)