Tasting the Light by Ellen S. Jaffe

by Steven McCabe

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I  taste the light

coming through the window.

(from “Odysseus and Circe,” Anne Simpson)

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Pouring, like you,

 into my heart,

washing over my skin

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falling

through glass

lightly

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flowing waves and circling particles

currents of surprise, delight.

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I am water, and I am a gull, flying …

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a gulf wide and deep as Mexico

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replenishing after spills and spoils

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You fish me, for stars

for pearls

lost boys and missing girls

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fallen into the hole of our fears

O  is an open mouth,

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one closed eye,

and one open

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a black hole where light cannot flow

out

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 now light from the window of opportunity

         swallows us whole

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and  we  shine

we

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shine.

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Ellen S. Jaffe’s most recent book of poetry, Skinny-Dipping with the Muse (Guernica Editions, 2014) has recently been launched. Tasting the Light is a new poem, not yet published. Ellen lives in Hamilton, writes poetry and prose, and teaches writing in schools and community centres.

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