setting sun, splayed
elegant
as fresh catch—
point of view, standing figure:
high-tide, haystack.
waves intermittent flare
echoes bonfire,
salmon—
cap, boots, sweater.
distance plummets,
ebbs
toward the water.
point of view, rückenfigur:
sea-kelp, razor-clam.
unhurried,
a male figure
studies
parallax, point a:
sun reflects water,
recedes
water mirrors sun.
separately, figures
fear
their solitary—
dogs bark, chase
distance—
waves and transparencies.
parallax, point b:
sand envelopes shell,
swallows
shell settles on sand.
figures move in,
gulls move
out.
obscured
direct positives,
exposed.
kettle, kindling.
i make photographs,
cook
in silence.
he sits
by the windows
throwing
lamp-light, glances.
Brandi Katherine Herrera holds a Master of Fine Arts in Writing from Pacific University, and is the author of the chapbook “the specificity of early spring shadows” (Bedouin Books, 2013).
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