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The Hay Is Blue
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By Laura Eklund
Then becomes his eyes
An Eastern sky light
Then a shadowy figure.
His eyes are for something less
Subtle as an axe
A tenderness not contained
And his hands motionless,
With no sound.
When the hay is turning blue
The lapses turn yellow
As far out as time.
Love makes the air tight.
It is without trope or testimony
We become the airy fuddle
On the window pane.
No inner dwelling
That encompasses
That loses or embraces
No arrow for life or thought
The hands juxtapose
Like a sullen windowpane
never moving
never opening.
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Laura Eklund lives and writes in Olive Hill, Ky. She has published three books, and has published in many journals including Southern Women's Poetry Review, ABZ, and Lalitamba. She is also an artist. You can see her art on Facebook at The Art of Laura Eklund.
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