tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post2160298124903259325..comments2024-03-14T04:35:06.209+13:00Comments on Beattie's Book Blog - unofficial homepage of the New Zealand book community: Beattie's Book Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01505389626725979100noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-49130205608375560132007-06-14T12:49:00.000+12:002007-06-14T12:49:00.000+12:0012 JUne 2007A silver skyripe for the mirror.you ca...12 JUne 2007<BR/><BR/><BR/>A silver sky<BR/><BR/>ripe for the mirror.<BR/><BR/>you can not see yourself in this mirror<BR/><BR/>you can only see others<BR/><BR/>moreover, you can only see what others choose to expose.<BR/><BR/>Their houses, their boats, their sea-doos.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Birds skimming low over the water could<BR/><BR/>like as not<BR/><BR/>see them selves if they were to look down<BR/><BR/>as they skim low over the water<BR/><BR/>but they never do.<BR/><BR/>Rather they allow their reflections to chase them<BR/><BR/>quick and sharp over the still, glistening waters<BR/><BR/>while the bird's mind remains ever fixed on <BR/><BR/>food, or other birds, or escaping those damn noisy humans.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>A dense forest impenetrable as a gaze.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com