Dusk settled in ,
sirocco
stayed away
from shore
And the pewter
is die-cast
where the new
awaits its turn
to wax
again.
Steps same as earlier
seem different,
quick
on tiptoe
through puddles
idling at corners.
Crosswalks
and highway dividers
are the wrinkles
of America
where the micro-expressions
come to reveal
the tells
of bluffs made
about upward
trends.
And the eye
riding coastline
has been
watching
following
since leaving Spain –
the one still standing conquistador
given new names
-male-female-male
categorized
and tracked.
To Pursue
To Pursue
Neither laughter nor tears
in the drought
as the prostitutes work each corner
with no other task.
The air is followed
and lead
until cracking brings
drops from ice
in need of a buck.
The mug is filled for no more
and a winner
is not declared.
Where is where one is going
of course
with no business
to pursue.
Fading Comes Easily
Fading Comes Easily
Light is aloof
even with its need
to drag shadow
with it
everywhere
it takes a moment
to shine
How detached
luminescence
are you?
So fast as yet to be beaten
And easily shattered
with a prism
into living secrets
And taking time
each year to become
less and less
Then of course,
fading comes
easily.
Kenyatta Jean-Paul Garcia is the author of This Sentimental Education and Enter the After-Garde along with two other collections of poetry. He was raised in Brooklyn, NY and has a degree in Linguistics. He has studied several living and dead languages in addition to philosophy and poetry at SUNY Albany and Hudson Valley Community College. He spent over ten years working in restaurants – cooking, washing dishes, etc. Currently, he works overnights putting boxes on shelves. By day, he runs kjpgarcia.wordpress and altpoetics.wordpress.com.
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