Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MISSY 1966-1971, by JAMES HARRISON


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First Line: I want to be worthy of this waking dream
Last Line: Bound.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Dreams; Loss; Memory; Nightmares


I want to be worthy of this waking dream --
floating above
the August landscape
in a coffin with my dog
who's just died from fibroid cancer.
Yes. We'll be up there and absorb
the light of stars and phosphorus
like the new army telescopic sights
and the light hanging captive
in clouds
and the light glittering upward
from the water
and porch lights
from the few trucks & cars
at 3 AM
and one lone airliner.
Grief holding us safe in a knot we'll float
over every mile we covered, birch clump, thorn apple,
wild cherry trees and aspen in search of grouse,
your singular white figure fixed then as Sirius the Dog Star.
I think this crazed boy striking
out at nothing
wants to join you
so homeward
bound.





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