The Man Who Woke to Singing Over the Rooftops

Photo by Hanson Lu

Morning, May rain. The city’s still as quiet
as a pasture hamlet. The streets are quiet. And
an airplane engine rumbles blue-green in the sky.--
The window’s open.

The dream in which the sleeper lies outstretched
becomes transparent. He moves, beginning
to grope around for attention’s instruments--
almost in space.

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