Misful Wishtake
Misful Wishtake
by
Kenyatta Jean-Paul Garcia
from there on in
the coming is rough
above all illuminations
of a doubt
on river of moonbeams
countdown of worries
too much
to know where to begin
largest numbers
return to zero
* * *
even weak storms
are missed
in droughts
* * *
wishes take form
from mutiny
at heart
* * *
mistakes
always seem
to go
before corrections
are understood
* * *
over thrown
kingdoms
of nervous mirrors
over rested
children
kissing first time
dark
and created
under daylight’s
eye
* * *
started ravenous
waves
ate ancient
saved modern
for tomorrow
held distance
in shadows
of nets
* * *
shallow lids
did best
they could
to shield vision
from feeling
second best
* * *
fugitive peeks rose to occasion
took mission
as destiny
* * *
conscious
attacked
itself
* * *
truth
was turned down
but truth
takes life
in stride
sees rejection
as its favorite
outfit
* * *
whispers tried not to
but cut through sleep
offset any sense
of a cure
* * *
brooding
began
when
the missing did
* * *
wish
took up
sentry
over breakfast
* * *
liberty
misplaced
wingspan
* * *
eager transformation
-sigh-
another weekend
* * *
neon gave signs
lessons in youth
and age
took out for a date
mistake
* * *
impatience
persisted
for serendipity
hoped in
jitters
prayed
in fashion
of moping
* * *
sublime
moments
remove
sails amiss
* * *
waking brings mist
* * *
full winds enter
wingspan
found
freedom
possible
matures
* * *
swift
close to dingy
filth
of sunlight
refused
welcome
heavy dust
of silence
fixes
at-hand world
overturns
with sleight
in mind
language
thawed
Bibliography:
Enter the After-Garde Selections from 1998-2010
Distilled! and A Northern Elegy
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