Blood Dazzler by Patricia Smith

Author:Patricia Smith [Smith, Patricia]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Coffee House Press

THE PRESIDENT FLIES OVER

Aloft between heaven and them,

I babble the landscape—what staunch, vicious trees,

what cluttered roads, slow cars. This is my

country as it was gifted me—victimless, vast.

The soundtrack buzzing the air around my ears

continually loops ditties of eagles and oil.

I can’t choose. Every moment I’m awake,

aroused instrumentals channel theme songs,

speaking

what I cannot.

I don’t ever have to come down.

I can stay hooked to heaven,

dictating this blandness.

My flyboys memorize flip and soar.

They’ll never swoop real enough

to resurrect that other country,

won’t ever get close enough to give name

to tonight’s dreams darkening the water.

I understand that somewhere it has rained.

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