The Sun
by Stuart Ross

after Georg Trakl
 

The sun wears the blue sky like a hospital gown.
The deer are shadows among the trees.
The man doesn't know whether to torture or nurture.

The insects skid across the pond's surface.
The earth expands and contracts.
The boat is sleepy, but it is also hungry.

Earthworms caress the corn's narrow roots.
The great mouth of night stretches wide.
A swan confronts a killer.

The planets open their moist white eyes.
The wanderer's legs are one hundred and heavy.
A flash of light tears a hole in the night.

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