Ocean in a Bottle
Eric Blasco
Creeping up my spine
starfish sized shutters wind
through a thick-skinned shirt
a thousand fibers worn tight
you dance and flirt
but I fight
to keep these winds
from catching me
just right
sending me twitching
back to another night,
when a red stream burst
into flames
leaves of grass
whispered my name
goose bumps
pushed away pain.
My hand reached
sea to shining sea,
You’re back again!
to wake me–
from a thousand deep
thoughts beneath
a brain’s coral reef
invisible fish
turn dark, light up,
and blow out your wish
it’s easier to think about life like this.
Split Skies
Eric Blasco
Beast with many heads
but no heart
hard to see where
it stops and starts
the fate of dirt road rocks
roll between worlds to block
the Stars, city scrapers make
their own galaxies above
can’t escape pain and love
Rustling constellations
run through
cornfield space-stations
from the grocery bag gods
Who try
to blow the wind
and split the sky
but won’t tell why
the world’s as small as your feet
and as big as your eyes.
The Cotton Mouth
Eric Blasco
5000 year to build ‘em up
50 to watch ‘em tumble
Cotton mouth contrails
in the rubble
of lost cities,
and new trouble.
Bumble bee jets drop
burning brand cigarettes
See the smoke settle
in the hot sand kettles
Twisted knots like pretzels
at the distance of TV sets.
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