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Stephen Ratcliffe

from Temporality

3.14

pale orange of sky on horizon above black
ridge, red-tailed hawk calling on branch
in foreground, sound of wave in channel

      from perception, ‘collected
      elements’ as entities

      complicate, remain the same,
      and still do so today

silver of sunlight reflected in channel,
white cloud in pale blue sky on horizon

3.15

pink cloud in blue-white sky above black
ridge, red-tailed hawk calling on branch
in foreground, sound of waves in channel

            form taken only in that way,
            other origin in sense

            is the ending, picture held,
            certain view of world 

silver of sunlight reflected in channel,
white cloud in pale blue sky on horizon

3.16

pale pink line of cloud above blackness
of ridge, silhouette of leaves in left
foreground, sound of waves in channel

            ordinary, conceive of space-
            time continuum itself

            as “relative,” made in many
            ways, of acceleration

silver of sunlight reflected in channel,
white cloud in pale blue sky on horizon

3.17

blinding silver circle of sun in clouds
above ridge, streaked sparrow on feeder
in foreground, wave sounding in channel

            eye, would animate material
            vision accompanied by

            content, self-consciousness
            “attention” to effect

clouds on horizon to the left of point,
wingspan of pelican flapping toward it

3.18

yellow-orange of clouds above black plane
of trees, motionless green leaf in left
foreground, waves sounding in channel

            attention to side different
            from what it was, yet,

            in which thing shows itself,
            “seeing,” looking and

white cloud in pale blue sky above point,
sunlit green top of ridge across from it