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 May 2021 Manonsi
Octavio Paz
Y las sombras se abrieron otra vez y mostraron tu cuerpo:
tu pelo, otoño espeso, caída de agua solar,
tu boca y la blanca disciplina de sus dientes caníbales, prisioneros en llamas
tu piel de pan apenas dorado y tus ojos de azúcar quemada,
sitios en donde el tiempo no transcurre,
valles que sólo mis labios conocen,
desfiladero de la luna que asciende a tu garganta entre tus senos,
cascada petrificada de la nuca,
alta meseta de tu vientre,
playa sin fin de tu costado.

Tus ojos son los ojos fijos del tigre
y un minuto después son los ojos húmedos del perro.

Siempre hay abejas en tu pelo.

Tu espalda fluye tranquila bajo mis ojos
como la espalda del río a la luz del incendio.

Aguas dormidas golpean día y noche tu cintura de arcilla
y en tus costas, inmensas como los arenales de la luna,
el viento sopla por mi boca y su largo quejido cubre con sus dos alas grises
la noche de los cuerpos,
como la sombra del águila la soledad del páramo.

Las uñas de los dedos de tus pies están hechas del
cristal del verano.

Entre tus piernas hay un pozo de agua dormida,
bahía donde el mar de noche se aquieta, ***** caballo de espuma,
cueva al pie de la montaña que esconde un tesoro,
boca del horno donde se hacen las hostias,
sonrientes labios entreabiertos y atroces,
nupcias de la luz y la sombra, de lo visible y lo invisible
(allí espera la carne su resurrección y el día de la vida perdurable).


Patria de sangre,
única tierra que conozco y me conoce,
única patria en la que creo,
única puerta al infinito.
 Sep 2018 Manonsi
Nat Lipstadt
the angel amongst us

~for Alexander, master splasher~

flexibility is important when poetry writing in a warm tub and a long day ahead is scheduled; so willingly accept the autocorrect
for I am both an experienced poet and bath soaker and
believer in wondrous mystery and unexpected fumbles
that lead to to miracle touchdowns

~•~

the two mathematicians examine the angle, measure the degree of difference at intersection and bless it with an identity,
calling it by its name,
perhaps obtuse, perhaps right, perhaps both

two sets of eyes examine the angle,
study its ****** expression

the old man says:
see the angle on the clock formed by the big handle on the twelve and the little hand on the eight?

this is angle of eight o’clock:
time to stop the splashing and start the get-readying
for we have miles to go before the ocean can say hello!

little angel says angle no go
and slashes the water with both
hands to establish the firmness of his views
and change Einstein’s time from present to future

the angle depends on the perspective of the viewer

the old poet comprehends leaving a warm tub is a regretful thing

but he measures the degree of difference at this
intersection
of time and bath and blesses it with an identity

“time to go”

the angle of my angel is now 2 pointed arms, pointed straight up,
at the twelve o'clock,

as he stands up in fevered protest,
my arms sweep his little legs to
a point at eight o’clock,
angel, commenting on his swift flight
disputes the grandfathers physics

"no go now,
now go later^"

though the angle is unchanged
the perspective of time and space
(and traffic),
yet differs

one sees an angle,
the angel sees time
eternally folding in on itself


that is the angle amongst us
^Surprising as it may be to most non-scientists and even to some scientists, Albert Einstein concluded in his later years that the past, present, and future all exist simultaneously. In 1952, in his book Relativity, in discussing Minkowski's Space World interpretation of his theory of relativity, Einstein writes:

Since there exists in this four dimensional structure [space-time] no longer any sections which represent "now" objectively, the concepts of happening and becoming are indeed not completely suspended, but yet complicated. It appears therefore more natural to think of physical reality as a four dimensional existence, instead of, as hitherto, the evolution of a three dimensional existence.
 Sep 2018 Manonsi
Richard Reid
Sing me a sweet little song,
So I may run along in the grasslands.
Play a banjo, so I may tango on the web I’ve been stringed upon.
I want it to be tasteful, pacing myself to watch the corners of life as my peers zoom to the ending.
Cause I rather count the days than years so I may witness it all.
I want to see the bees land on their runways and birds chirp on Sundays.
Days turn to nights and roosters and owls preach of their good mornings.
Walking on the path with no intention of getting to anything.
I’m committed to forever cause there’s no reminiscing in the end.
Everyday I’m one because the clock resets and time begins.
a yellow rose winds to the skies,
blossoming, letting soft petals fall to
the cidery earth, blushing in
the caverns of the sweet-flowering day,

inspired like the greek
sun-god helios but
drawn out of rhododendron
and apple, drawn out of love.

a thousand years of summer,
the wolf, the thin mouth of sky,
a diamond bumble bee, the
gifts of a stolen sun,

shaken out like a rattle snake,
the broken angles of death,
the lost side of each word,
with all its intentions and promises -

fallen to the floor, like an apple,
or a blind mole loving
the soil, the dry earth,
the faded parchment sun,

or a rock of ice, in a tangy glass,
where the summer sun
grows roots and shoots,
shadow domes and leafy golden skies.
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