E Riding the Crane

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Opposite the swinging arm: a face
In the forward window. Hanging not re
Flected, hanging not floating, "A
Glance, truth is an accident." When

Two eyes, little happy faces staring
Out. "Mystery and night, planets revol
Ving in the existent and non, lost 
The child (care)." The school is down the
Street, it's yellow with basketball courts.
Years... that's it. Five hundred yards away. A
Way, "Bark bark bark." Where to work?
'To work tomorrow, work tomorrow.'
Nobody is hearing, listening, comp
Prehending. "Heal it." The space over
The kitchen sink, teas, vitamins
Soap, old pictures of dogs, dead, alive.
Witchcraft and goddesses, "She left me a
Lone, again." Unintelligible
Messages rising up, floating.