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what odd fish is this
what the day the hour
what the single moment
from which to make a generalization

look to what you think you perceive

do you see do you not this melting pool of sun
melting as it does into the larger smaller pool
ripple and flash you had better name it
as altered mood or trick of waking dream
as reflection refraction crests and troughs
and as many theories as waves in the sea

look to what you think you perceive
find a neighborhood bound it encapsulate it
but can you swallow even this


J. Horne