Making your way along a tunnel
filled with rubble . . . a voice
from Jung's Red Book reminds you
that we also live in our dreams . . .
Do not tell lies and do not do what you hate,
for all things are manifest in heaven
cautions Maggie Nelson . . .
In Bluets she tells us that nearly all
cultures have considered yellow
the least attractive of colors . . .
You buy a gallon of bright yellow paint
and paint everything yellow
as a manifestation of a day within a night . . .
You've developed a distaste
for accoutrements . . . It's not enough
to tempt happenstance
but how to do it without intentionality
muddying the water, yes? . . .
The trails are groomed . . .
snow boards and fat bikes are tally-hoing . . .
Objects of desire cram your world . . .
You consult a Magic 8 Ball . . .
Why is that? . . .
OK, on with the cosplay, nonbinary, yes? . . .
but what if a much of a which of a wind
{in fact} gives truth to the summer's lie? . . .
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| Kelly Eldridge Boesch |