Le Philosophe after the Painting with the Same Name by Giorgio de Chirico

Shareen K. Murayama

 One shoulder   lowered            manicured cities arched          

                 tender

                              like sea breath

                we willow                    

                fan-like

                               we  forestall     foam

                                               like brandy     decomposition  

                                                                                      I never door. the horizon

pinched like me            a modesty cloth           

                                      over mouth

                                      a roof               scalloped crust

eruption           the debris line staked                          needle-and-ligature

              the lonely                     leaks out          leaves a blue

iris cave of you

            both maxilla & mandible

 

Shareen K. Murayama is a Japanese-Okinawan American poet and educator who lives in Honolulu, Hawai`i. She spends her afternoons surfing and her evenings with her dog named Squid. You can find her on IG and Twitter @ambusypoeming.