Peal
of a chime intercepted by a draft:
salt filtering down the cellar.
*
Prism
of sectioned light: marble
with a heart of revolving flame.
*
Sugar
that the bird stole
in the shape of a fig.
*
Film
on the counter’s edge:
powdery sift of milk on the tongue.
*
Moth
suspended from the rafters,
furled tight as a drying rosebud.
[LAG-other-response date=”05 09 2014″ url=”https://www.vianegativa.us/2014/05/absent/” title=”Via Negativa: Absent”]