FRED
LAMOTTE
SAINT JULIAN
PRESS POET
MUSTARD SEED
The space beyond the sun,
over the swirling rim
of the Milky Way,
is the hollow in the mustard seed
that was planted in the furrow
of your missing rib.
You overflow the chalice,
therefor breathe the night.
You are so ancient,
your glow is still approaching
like a promise, like a pilgrim God,
and you are still receiving
your name.
How do I know this?
I don't, I taste it.
Someone touched
the soft spot on my crown
and poured the nectar
of emptiness
into my bones.
I won’t say who,
but her scent is pungent
with star-pollen.
Her exhalation shimmers
with the radiance of the dark.
If I were one of those
soul merchants
Who sell keys to the door
that is always open,
I would bottle her perfume
and call it
"Bewilderment."
The space beyond the sun,
over the swirling rim
of the Milky Way,
is the hollow in the mustard seed
that was planted in the furrow
of your missing rib.
You overflow the chalice,
therefor breathe the night.
You are so ancient,
your glow is still approaching
like a promise, like a pilgrim God,
and you are still receiving
your name.
How do I know this?
I don't, I taste it.
Someone touched
the soft spot on my crown
and poured the nectar
of emptiness
into my bones.
I won’t say who,
but her scent is pungent
with star-pollen.
Her exhalation shimmers
with the radiance of the dark.
If I were one of those
soul merchants
Who sell keys to the door
that is always open,
I would bottle her perfume
and call it
"Bewilderment."
THE NECTAR OF THIS BREATH
Fred LaMotte © 2022
Fred LaMotte © 2022
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Publication Date: April 15, 2022
Paperback: $20.00 ISBN-13: 978-1-955194-02-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2021949958 Number of pages: 142 Publisher: Saint Julian Press, Inc. For an advance copy, contact publisher: Ron Starbuck |
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