A Question at Duskrise
Fandel, John
John Fandel A Question at Duskrise Now the Flag on the flagpole next the water might just as well be a blister on the pole, a colored blister, a kind of barber pole in front of a clipjoint,...
...handle...
...resolute Ought not we sinners, then, rejoice in pure gift...
...Are we living inside a paperweight...
...John Fandel A Question at Duskrise Now the Flag on the flagpole next the water might just as well be a blister on the pole, a colored blister, a kind of barber pole in front of a clipjoint, closed, so not moving: not swirling: not waving: It is that still...
...Fraught, tho, like a codicil to a will...
...Not a ripple on the sea not swirling not waving but deeply moving nor a swimmer in the sea, other than shark, whale, shiner...
...lucite) If so, what are we holding down that gravity can't...
...minnow...
...Certain Saints-not the pillar/pole extremist, nofanatic absolutist prayed for this absolute diction of silence...
...No, no, nothing like that- more like a blessing...
...So still...
Vol. 124 • December 1997 • No. 22
