Saturday, November 03, 2012

Saturn's Day

on Saturday
Saturn's day

the body
without organs

explained
its theory
of masks

my task
it said
is to discern
our disguise

why perform
today
a Noh play
and tomorrow
the Cisco
kid

what message
is hid

within
the stainless
steel
smile,
the iron
brow,
and the copper
chin

shift
stage lights
to bright

erase gray
shadows

and display
tarnished brass

green
with patina
formed
from rain