MARCH/APRIL 2008
onyx arcadia
If lucky—inversion—one wave back,
retracted. Infinite claw set against tide.
This weave-water—lucent sheet over, under—
flat physic and cure.
The signal transmission of that planet
shouts down heaven and spectacle.
Slingshot sun and off—elsewhere—
code creased like tracery paper.
by the jetties’ walk, whole oceans volute—
two worlds, this singular station—
elsewhere impossible, elsewhere war.
About the Author
Raymond McDaniel is the author of Murder and Saltwater Empire, both published by Coffee House Press. He writes for the Constant Critic at www.constantcritic.com.
