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VALPARAISO POETRY REVIEW
Contemporary Poetry and Poetics



 
 

~LEIGH KIRKLAND~





FLAUTIST AT THE AL FRESCO WEDDING



 

Lift the hem of a long black dress, climb into the canoe,
sit on the middle bench to be rowed across the lake at sunset,
knees almost on the floor to open up the diaphragm.
Two muscular men in tuxedos balance the canoe
with small silent movements of the paddles under the water.
The grace vibrating the notes in the lower register
will move into the body÷jouissance in the silver
keys of the flute, the flautist's
body, two mouths full of music will warm the silver.

Shadows dissolved on the water, mountains reflected
on the water will reverse neatly at the shore line,
the color of the sun will pool around the canoe,
across the glassy surface of the water.
 

© by Leigh Kirkland
 


 
 

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