Abstractly Dali
dreamers neath ambrosial clocks
slung fruitlike low from wizened limbs

slim fingers skim contract to seize
a ripened day with evening ease

one taste of time and then to squeeze
fresh seconds from some husk of years

sip minutes' nectar

memories
attending hours

yes Socrates

walks absent here
as truth devours
verses written in the waves

(no Platos stepping from their caves)

oceanic
once was ours

by bridges crossed
from known to lost

small wisdom gained
but at what cost

synaptic paths to sylvan mind
endless math of myths maligned

Edenic forest obscures end
up branch down root to must from moot

of knowledge gained through given ground
sent out the gate to keen of trees
their secret lyrics engrave leaves
to rhyme as wide without a sound

(symbolic shocks)

as archetypal lines reveal
recoiling legends bent surreal

(turn keyless locks)

show nested masks of fading gold
with mystic hints long since foretold
as skyward rivers baptize eyes
and glass footprints romanticize

ants amassing
horseback rush
floating roses
marbled crush

elephantine

tiger
Tiger
TIGER

tilts

and breaks

through
metaphors
on
stilts:

awakes!