Crystal fences

8:40am fencing lessons

                      sunstriken

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                      a

                      d

                      o

                      w       casting

(not iron

or ore

but)

swingsets

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e

s

monkey-bar and four-square

chainlink tricks my eyes

like in yoga:

now place your right thumb 6 inches from your eyes

now place your left thumb 6 inches behind the right

inhale focusing on the front

exhale

noticing two thumbs to the back

inhale focusing on the back

exhale

noticing two thumbs in the front

in your own perfect timing shift your gaze between both thumbs

but in walking

the sun 

the fence

were my yoga-thumbs

gazing at the chainlink

the morning light

was clear

seeing past the fence

clarity

more than crystal