Author: Bryan Kemler
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NEAR THE VENT: A THEORY OF ART
Some of the most important things on earth go unwitnessed. Hydrothermal vents are such things. Often existing miles deep in the sea, the vast majority of them are completely unwitnessed by people. The processes of life on earth are largely driven by the power of these vents, which are cracks in the earth’s crust where…
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La Habana
LA HABANA Even granite slumps over time As water collects in green pools Whose shadows remain in green rings Over echoes of a once glorious past In the National Cemetery Where the beard will lie As a final testament Of his complicity in the past Of his separation from the land’s people Who can no…
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Colorful Dimensions
Blue, the sky touched the leaves, and the wind Blew, swirling your hair like galaxies, and the earth Shook, dark as night the heavens, and the water Drank, deep as blood your heart, and mine.
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On Licking Off Your Sweat
On Licking Off Your Sweat My tongue must feel cool on the back of your neck, even ticklish, with your hand clasping that curtain of hair, pulling it aside like a sash, revealing a field of wet, salty diamonds. While I lick you, I notice the way that your neck, breaks down your back, like…