Boy in an Apple Tree
Sun through leaves throws
shadows on his face as if
a dappled stallion,
alone in time, a tick,
a heartbeat, far out in time
elliptical and long as the
orbit of Uranus—
eighty-four of this boy’s
life-to-be in years to come
Heartbeat sustains him in a
capsule with companions in a
click of recall which contains him in a
thread of something through the raptures
of the changes of dominions that remains him
capsule with companions in a
click of recall which contains him in a
thread of something through the raptures
of the changes of dominions that remains him
.
Nearby in our sky a star holds feet to fire
a blistering gold medallion in a system
that contains him
.
that contains him
.
Jim Culleny
5/26/12; edited 8/30/25
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