Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Charles A Perrone

Seven Images I Can See

 

for which the words I currently have are inadequate:

the lay of the alabaster plaster on the wide-reach ceiling;

the more than shimmering reflections of the spa water on

[ the clearly aging underside of the elliptical vinyl tub cover;

the shadows of the trimmed orange tree on the brick wall;

the crimson color of bicycle reflectors deflected onto my skin;

the multitude of prismatic designs inside a sun-soaked barrel;

the unthinkable rapidity of the flapping of hummingbird wings;

the multifarious eyes embedded in the peacock's enormous tail,

each one eyeing me as if to say I am watching you and I dare you

even to try to count me and my comrades or to account for all this.

 

 


A Tripod of Traversal 

 

Here in the tri-city area there's a special spot 

where all three borders coincide and one can, 

like nowhere else at all, appreciate the twilight 

(pre-dawn OK, post-sunset preferred) & most 

especially when there is a tri-light show to be 

seen and pondered and absorbed and adored: 

a local architect's self-designed house is mega-illuminated, 

and right behind him a refurbished guest house possesses 

decorated solar panels that reflect sun rays and moon beams 

streaming from the vast open skies that overlook the schemes. 

Finally, through the old-growth trees one spies multiple strings of 

multi-chromatic seasonal (Christmas) lights on a huge triangular 

structure which the mysterious owners leave on all year round!!! 

Yes, yes, yes; go-go-go; one two three 1-2-3, we got con-ti-nu-i-ty. 


 

 

Just my luck: 

 

After hours of painstaking labor and 

such hard-fought thought processes 

with skillful manipulation of digital 

tools plus electronic preparation, 

I went to send my creation to several 

simultaneous on-line gatherings but 

then the super solar flare occurred 

and wiped out everything in sight 

with super electro-magnetic waves 

of absolute and total destruction. 

Last time I dedicate a poem to the Sun.



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Sun The sun barks our neighbors awake. It scares away the terrified hissing fog then keeps barking  and will not stop.