Chasing the Moon (with Anne Waldman)

Just a glimpse
just past midnight

Half looming
hugely

about to sink
into black trees

masking
Boulder horizon

Enough time to
catch more of her
we thought

so the chase
was on

Barreling down
side streets

over speed
bumps

barely stopped
at each sign

Where is she?
Where did she go?


Had to settle
for the moon
(and stars)
in a Joe Brainard
matchbook
(not a bad
substitute)

The moon only
half herself

has an expert
vanishing act

The moon has
lady tactics

The moon has
many scarves


     June 20, 2010

 
David Trinidad

David Trinidad’s most recent books are The Late Show (2007) and By Myself (with D.A. Powell, 2009), both published by Turtle Point Press. Dear Prudence: New and Selected Poems is forthcoming from Turtle Point in fall 2011. Trinidad lives in Chicago, where he teaches at Columbia College and co-edits the journal Court Green.

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