Columbo's eye, Peter Falk's inpisible
from the other's vitreous dupe that he can pocket,
rub into, off of, and shine the crystal eyeball after
it subs in a game of table pool. Oh yeah!
The future of fortunes is manufactured revelation
of a snow globe: when the right someone gets his hands
on such a world, that world is shaken to pieces, the glass
is tapped in the aquarium2, 百度竞价推广itransparent arowanas remain
inexplicable4, a tapper's desire breaks out: oh to become glass,
to slide the foot into a transparent3 baby slipper5 arowana
and dance with a prince whose glass toenails
shatter when he runs after glass-footed beauties
born that way, skin so thin it hides nothing
without actually being clear, sneak6 peak
at the friable7 optic nerve, the components8
separated only by glass
through which all seen becomes transparent, criminal
activity obvious, the put-on of opaque9 alibis10
exposing a fear of crime's transparency:
finger prints on the latex interior of the gloves,
imprint11 of a face on the wrong side of the mask:
at some level, a matter of seeing eye dog versus12 unseeing
eye dog, culture of breed, hole-in-the-wall expectations, cash
transactions, motel by the half-hour versus extended stay
opulence13 just to sleep there for real
with seeing eye dog sleeping on a braided rug half-under
the bed of a blind girl, the girlishness not an issue,
the dog not meant to be her guide into decisions, just
crossings to which she becomes committed independently,
regarding the cool dark of evening, the lapse14
of the feel of light as day's form of breathing,
getting illumination off its wide chest
until able to face again the responsibility of light
that even this girl must accept behind glasses:
day is hers too, given by an internal clock
that wants all the bright hours, odor of rising,
flowers opening with the bakeries, stunning15
synchronizations, a pas de deux, she steps, dog steps
into the crosswalk at the same time as a man heading
toward them with coffee, led also but by the Arabica, hookah
descent, descant16 now to the caffeine
that doesn't adhere to the glass mug: it is all for him,
her too if they merge17 at first sight: the world of coffee,
the culture of glass
bottom boats, success:
liquid assets: if solidity is the basic state
that matters, it's obvious what happens:
The dog retires, seeing what canines18 see
for himself, fleas19 cross
his coat without help other than his receiving
no special treatment,
tied in a twenty-foot yard frequented most
by sunflowers, each seed
like the eye of an insect. An alley20 of a yard
that from time to time becomes a crime scene
in the blink of an eye
the glass one melts last.