VANCE'S SEPTEMBER 5TH WALK

 

VANCE’S SEPTEMBER 5TH WALK

Those bearing down cylinders of light

might be too bright for the situation we’re in

so bold and red and blue shiny like that

still there’s something ominous about them

like maybe the operators are not my people

the ovals now, those red ovals

inside the blue circle

those ovals know the totems

from Haida Gwaii

The salmon see the shadow of the man

Maybe maybe not

be wary nevertheless

those eyes

those eyes

that fur

those eyes

that fur though

wild

course to touch

Don’t know

Don’t know

those human beings and those cylinders

Jim Bodeen

5 September 2024