day 1:dreaming the dark
seven days dreaming the dark of a new moon
A note on the new moon, from Time & Date.com and this handy youtube video
There are two reasons why we can't see the New Moon:
The alignment of the Sun, the Moon, and Earth leaves the side of the Moon that faces Earth in darkness. This is called a conjunction or syzygy.
The New Moon is up in the daytime sky. It rises and sets around the same time as the Sun, bringing it too close to the Sun’s glare to be seen with the naked eye.
day one: february 19, 2023
I don't know what I mean by dreams even though
I know what dreams are
I’m seeking root
but not in the dictionary
I am tired of looking things
up
down
this way
that way
the dream lives in memory
which is not mine
which is not yours
the dream is as old
as the tetrapod
longing for land
the mire of the swamp
at the edge of the sea
fathoms
leaving
to arrive
to lose
the horizontal
to the vertical
up up
the web breaks into
toes that fan out
and grip the earth
even though it is soft
and sinking
still there is enough
to stand the first
step
look now there are eyes
that blink
there are lashes
against
sudden dust storms
that eddy from the far
reaches
of land being made
by volcanoes
I imagine the dust is made
of old tuff
like
the burgundy bands
in the cliffs of jemez
i remember them
looking up
when I first fell in love
with the valle caldera
and all i wanted to do was drive
there and back
the wild lands unending
I cannot get enough
of seeing far
losing the eyes
in the land
a certain gauze of green
at sunset
one day the
elks bugled and
the sky
keened into
night
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