Giving Away
A Christian
Wrote a magic book
Don’t ostracize him for it—
Too late, too many
Praise the work
And the worker
And, yes, in the larger family
You might know who I mean
You might know what I mean
It’s everywhere, nowadays
Though the worker
Was confused by
Popularity
He was used to saying
What he wondered anyone might
Want to hear
Though it was all required at the school
C L Couch
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Corollary Written Late into the Magic Book
In an ancient chamber,
He was locked to a device
And made to drink a potion;
Then she began
An interrogation
His answers were halting,
Brief, and
Unsatisfying
She grew angry, threatened him
With turns of wheels to
Bring down spikes
He cried out
He could do no better—
For he had deceived himself so long
That the truth was not in him
To tell,
It having been tried and tried again
For such a time
That finally it fled
The eldritch liquid moved inside
As if it dripped into
Another empty vessel
She drew back
And thought about
The habitation of the tiger
C L Couch
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Observatory
To the north
And maybe through
An ozone layer
They peer into
Convex-concave
Holes to note
In quiet, confident
Accented tones
Of practice
And of speech
Jupiter disappears
Then returns
Again to view
And while
Watching another
Galaxy, discoveries
Follow with small
Gasps
This is an age
Of receiving
Messages of
Broadcasts,
Messages of
Design—they
Transmit, and
Now we can look
And glimpse
Moments of
Creation
Circles
On a page
From one who
Owns the book
From Earth Above
(homage to the title of
a book of wondrous
planetary imagery)
Ridges of Amazonian tress
Is there earth beneath? one
Might rightly wonder
It is an orange time of day,
And the beauty, like Diana,
Looks nowhere to be
Inviting seduction
For all technology, the
Machete is the better
Instrument for maybe
Finding one’s way through,
Searching for a lost city
This is the Science Channel,
And I am grateful to see,
To hear the photographic
Cinematic semblance of
The truth of this:
This place, hidden living
Communities, and quest
For those who can go
There (I have limitations),
I wish safety and exploring
With all respect
Which is deserved at far
Corners of the treasured
Earth
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