CALCIUM LINE

CALCIUM LINE (from James K. Hallen and Emily E. Dickinson)

The stars that move away are red –
Approaching ones are blue.
Red arteries give oxygen –
The blue veins will refuel.

The Magellanic clouds are stars
Below Equator’s ring.
The Earth – light’s brightest radio –
Has prayers for signaling.

Circumference – periphery
Will bear the words around.
Mimesis – imitatio –
A Milky Way of sound.

Periphrasis tells truth by slant
In rays of slight degree.
Circùmlocútion tilts the Pole –
Reception’s apogee.

(21 June 2009, Pleasant Grove, Utah)