Prayer Moon
Prayer Moon
New Moon March 13, 2021
Forgive us our monthly trespass, rousing
carousing in blind arousal, grappling
in the above for handholds, confirming
a message in the middle of below, arising
after nimble thimbleful sip of sumac, simple syruping
play of fire & shadow upon the eyes, roving
outward we imagine spirits dissipating, beyonding
a crisp beech carapace emptied of heat, dry-chiming
desert fish coppered in heat-rayed canyon, streaming
toward headlands high spots, gateways, opening.
Poem by Qayyum Johnson
Painting by Suiko McCall. The One Taste, 2019. Ink on paper printed on metal, 12×9″. suiko.art
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