PLUM STONES: CARTOONS OF NO HEAVEN
by Michael McClure
Oakland: O Books, 2002

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PLUM STONES: CARTOONS OF NO HEAVEN (PART TWO)

 

FOG.  FOG AROUND RAINBOWS

RAINBOW IN CLEAR LIGHT

HORSE HEADS LIKE EAGLES.

EAGLES LIKE HORSE HEADS

Z

O

O

M

I

N

G

through

STORMS.

BIG DROPS SPLASHING

ON THE REDWOOD DECK RAIL.



INNER AND OUTER REALM MATED

IN SIZELESSNESS

Rainbows pouring in water falls

WATER FALLS GURGLING IN STREAMS

OF CHILDHOOD.

COMPASSION SWIRLING THROUGH MERCY



BIRTH


GOES


OUT


WITH


A


LIGHT BULB



Always here

in continuous practice:

a brown moth resting on old lace,

and a can of peaches

in tomorrow’s firelight



PLUM

Somewhere a plum is ripe.

Swirling like horse heads

in rainbows.



Purple plum.

Green plum

Blue-black edging through white

with hands in prayer.

O

R

D

I

N

A

R

Y

as palm

pressed to palm

in

a

mudra.



BOWING

IN BLESSING

after all

these

years.



A PLUM IS RIPE.

COLD HARD GOLD-BROWN PEARS

in the rain

by the eaves



alert with bare

branches



like kitten fur and deer eyes

plain as a skid mark.



ORDINARY,

ORDINARY AS BOWING

IN BLESSING.

Z

O

O

M

I

N

G

through

STORMS.

EAGLES LIKE HORSE HEADS.

HORSE HEADS LIKE EAGLES.

FOG.  FOG AROUND RAINBOWS

like kitten fur and deer eyes

plain as skid marks.

ORDINARY



ORDINARY AS BOWING

IN BLESSING.



O

R

D

I

N

A

R

Y

as palm

pressed to palm

in

a

mudra

 

 

© Michael McClure