Earthquake on Amaranth Avenue Deep within the earth, tectonic plates tussle and the ragged surface rears at a dark sky. Three garden gnomes tremble, sidewalks liquify, mailboxes shake, streetlights surf and buck, hustling together their perfect circumferences to link bright rings briefly, then separating as the flattening land pulls them back apart. An aftershock comes a minute later, starts the whole dance over, two silver poles tangling until they bathe each other iridescent. And they stay that way, holding each other, spent. Copyright 2022 by Robert Wynne
Bio:
Robert Wynne earned his MFA from Antioch University. He is the author of 3 full-length collections of poetry, including Museum of Parallel Art (2008, Tebot Bach Press), and his latest, Self-Portrait as Odysseus, which depicts Odysseus as a modern day business traveler. He lives in Burleson, TX with his wife and their German Shepard.
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Such an adventurous piece, in topic, image, and diction. I like how the last line made me reread and reinterpret. And with garden gnomes even.