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I was not running late for work,
which is usually when I see
such miracles — sights
that dare me to quit my job
and slip through a door promising
permanent residence in dreams.
But today I was on schedule.
I left my house, put on my ear muffs
for the first time this winter
and rode toward the chilly sun.
I turned left behind the supermarket,
rode past the corner where cats
hold court and saw a man sweeping
his patch of street. Just beyond him,
I was forced to pause
as a slow parade of 16 or 17
neighborhood deer gracefully
retraced a narrow path
that hundreds of years of concrete
cannot erase for the sake of
aphasia. Silence, except for the ephemeral
press of hooves into printed soil.
I watched the winter sun shape
their amber fur. Muscles twitching
at invisible insects. Pivoting ears
reading an other world of other threats.
None glanced at nor saw me.
They displaced a different air.
Each leg placed
in place after place — implying motion.
I considered joining them,
cutting off my human skin
to reveal the shining flow
of my dappled pelt, but that
would surely make me late for work.
Also, I had not been invited —
and poetry has taught me
to not presume my welcome.
But if I have not come here to enter there,
what is all this impossibility for?
I sense it’s a gift to witness
without interrupting. A question
not obliging answers. A sight to share
with a friend whose syllables
facilitate such visions.

Happy Birthday Lupita

by Jerry Gordon

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from Won't Kiss Any Saint, released January 31, 2024
Jerry Gordon (lyrics, guitar, then voice)

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