for Luther Snow Lashmit, AIA, architect of Crystal Towers, other towers too, in Winston Salem.
it's evening when the patio fills up with small stars
a serape of purple thrown over the far hills
and you remember where you were
not where you are. facing the mirage of the triple balconies
buildings that crumbled into the ghosts, surprised,
coming back suddenly for the picturesque marquees'
to see an old movie's
lopped off disguise.
no more gingerbread trim,
they signed to each other then
sighed how the bridges washed out all summer.
the land bridges too.
they were looking for you
the only one who didn't
see clear through them, Art Deco reprised
Spanish grille work or the porticos.
who knows.
this is For Luther Snow,I'm sending this
for anyone to telegraph what happened
to an old address.it's weeping in my hand
in words you'll understand, not fifty words or less;
not minimalist
but it says simply this:
how the sun falls out of the West
not one stick upon one stone
of what we once called home.
the mists that we had honed.
mary angela douglas 28 november 2018;rev. 23 january 2019
it's evening when the patio fills up with small stars
a serape of purple thrown over the far hills
and you remember where you were
not where you are. facing the mirage of the triple balconies
buildings that crumbled into the ghosts, surprised,
coming back suddenly for the picturesque marquees'
to see an old movie's
lopped off disguise.
no more gingerbread trim,
they signed to each other then
sighed how the bridges washed out all summer.
the land bridges too.
they were looking for you
the only one who didn't
see clear through them, Art Deco reprised
Spanish grille work or the porticos.
who knows.
this is For Luther Snow,I'm sending this
for anyone to telegraph what happened
to an old address.it's weeping in my hand
in words you'll understand, not fifty words or less;
not minimalist
but it says simply this:
how the sun falls out of the West
not one stick upon one stone
of what we once called home.
the mists that we had honed.
mary angela douglas 28 november 2018;rev. 23 january 2019
