in defense we carry potions

Peter Schwartz

there's always some beneath to consider
portions of an apology never complete
pieces of rain not raindrops;
orphans - midway -

mercifully invisible
yet caught - in the crosshair
of mutations -

- inextinguishable -

- indistinguishable as the amnesiac's
horoscope, a fan
of temporary vouchers
complete with timepieces

jinxes and encryptions -
funeral-like
it fits

- blind -
as sugar

mixed with ashes from mars
- inextinguishable -

so,

in defense we carry potions
rain not raindrops
to deal with slow
giants with

the almost always happening
of any placebo
town

- blind -
as snow



© Peter Schwartz 2007

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Peter Schwartz is the editor of eye and associate art editor of Mad Hatters' Review. He has hundreds of publications to his credit. He has appeared in Porcupine, Color Wheel, Remark, and Asheville Poetry Review to name a few journals. He is currently working on paintings to be exhibited at the Amsterdam Whitney Gallery.