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hemispheres

by Christina Butcher

on a mountain pass
i watch her body light
up like a bunsen burner

whose heat. color pulse at
the edges like a new mexico sun

like a red-faced fox
slinking through the brush
at mid-day

Yukon

collecting collecting collecting.

yet i cannot recall
when did she become this

satellite
projecting signal
filling-in dark recesses
of dry, paper maps

while we slept? how
did she travel so far north

along the fence line
undetected

in our hemisphere?

a fur
of such great quality

bounding

up
and out

and out

10/28/2011

Author's Note: of lisa's and beth's

Posted on 10/29/2011
Copyright © 2024 Christina Butcher

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Philip F De Pinto on 02/16/15 at 11:36 AM

lovely imagery. congratulations on POTD.

Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 02/16/15 at 04:04 PM

Intriguing and magical. Congrats on POTD!

Posted by George Hoerner on 02/16/15 at 04:38 PM

I'm glad this made it POTD. Really nice!

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