Some Hotep
The past is not anxious for discovery
it requires ingenious equipment
spectrometers radar
a long line of archeologists with mirrors
passing sunlight into the tomb passage
Wet
is a complete description of itself
the one quality it cannot be more than
unlike more which is never enough
like the Mississippi that never stops
wanting to be the Atchafalaya
As to What
No stone unturned we say as if
that’s where we’d look for it
yet we are overturning them all
puzzled as to what allowed ecstasy
to evolve in the body together
with self-doubt and suspicion
Risk
The coast is not clear
The coast is hope edge on
It is full of specialists
one who discovers a mushroom
knowing it has never been described
another that exposure to novelty
may not confer immunity
but only a stiffness in the jaw
A visual artist and poet, ALLAN PETERSON’s most recent book is This Luminous, New and Selected Poems, is currently a finalist for the Oregon Book Awards. Other titles include: Precarious; All the Lavish in Common (Juniper Prize); and Fragile Acts, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. http://www.allanpeterson.net
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