Unsure What Spoon to Stir
dan raphael
in the right light
voice-acclimated
something holding that could let go any second
the line draws itself
like an antenna out of a pond
something for the knees to do
other than sitting or standing
the dust of my skin
even blank paper sheds
the stiller the air, the subtler the exchange
wind is never just one speed, one density
motion both multiplies and trims
as no matter how many blades the knife
only a couple are ready at once
In the Wordshed, dan raphael’s 26th book, was published last December by Last Word Press. More recent poems appear in Subjectiv, SurVision, Otoliths, Indefinite Space and Unlikely Stories. Most Wednesdays dan writes and records a current events poem for The KBOO Evening News.