Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Poem: The Map and the Territory

The Map and the Territory
Craig Chen

here, wildebeest of colors crowd
sense & conflagration, in burst
& sway over torrent of wind aloud
& the rustle reply of leaf coerced

drifts among cloud, swift & hope
in somnolent grasp through plea:
run with me, color & elope
over freedom and thrice we see

for it is the opening of sun
after exhaustion of slumber
& our cells cry run run run
lest we get hit by thunder

in map of mind and dream
we in recollection dance
until even twilight's gaze seems
to rivverrun this trance

we fall together hand-in-hand
dream swim & wave abound
over reason and tight lip demand
and drift resounding sound

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