the faceted sphere: 28

Well, if the Big Kahuna gets his way (and he always does), dozens of poems, longstanding on his site, will be taken down to streamline and "perfect" the site (his word choice, not mine). Here is one that will be moving back into the shadows...

the faceted sphere: 28

an etching of an unlikely and improbable and
impossible embrace that is cut into a warm
and plastic mind in honest desire. gentle
and unmocking this imagined unlocking
of the vaults of pleasure in a reality so far from here
that only infinite eyes can pierce the mists of distance and logic.
a puzzle to be prodded as I chase the chaste illusions
of a vision spawned in a single mental image of paradise
consumed for the want of a pauper's measure
of passion and sincere devotion. a whisper
raising fierce illusions of a chance to teach the dance
to an earnest paramour, the price of immortality
the only currency of worth to offer.


William F. DeVault. all rights reserved.