Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Silver Taps Revisited

The soldier
tight like wire
on my right

has metal bones
that rattle
in this thin air.


He is brilliant
in the moon,
a quiet, unsettling
sight.

These moments
are meant
for the darker
cupboards of
our kitchen

where we
are not fragments

but a whole,
faceless and wide.

2 comments:

Michael said...

You're alright glenn.

Glenn Phillips said...

...finest compliment that I have ever received.