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Author: Paul Cameron Brown

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Prussian Blue

By

Paul Cameron Brown

Contents

7 Not So Much

8 Serpentine

9 Lithuanian Dolls/Consulate Front

10 Begin And Beguile

11 Fire Bush

12 Skootematta

13 Animals And The Stars

14 And Then Some

15 Woodsy Backwoods Poem

16 Corner Store Fifties Reveille

17 Trout Lake Hotel

18 Northwoods Poem

19 Orange Lichens

20 Six Owlets

21 Twillingate

22 Bravura

23 Whisky Girl

24 High Frequency Draw (High Alert)

25 Red Fox (Red Horse Lake)

26 When I was a Much Younger Man

Not So Much

I evaded capture today

with only a handful of dust

to escape that Old Sandman Death.

Certainly, those maroon berries,

so large & luscious,

crowded on their fat stems

had something to do with it

as did the ground fog

leaving its burrow as so many boll-weevils

their crowded nests.

And there might be something to the fact

the moonlight sat

fat & confidant in the night sky

as surely

as my head rests on this pillow

and the poem invites itself

into my lair of thoughts,

much as nestlings charge the

entrance to the runway

of a tree.

I walked flat out

in an instance

as standing urine

held its own stench

and the grim splash within the pond

dead center in the wilderness

underscores the tone of this warning.

One thought encapsulates wonder

though suggestive evil hides

leaden leaves buried in lake mud

down the corner eaves of someone's

fire hydrant mind.

When you pray for someone

an Angel sits on their shoulder,

when that same someone hates you

does that Angel die of grief?

Serendipity is a flower

and those clouds

re-arranging the breeze

harbingers of forbidden things

not so much like these boulders

use hand-held scissors to open twilight

and watch this fading light ebb forth

tip-I-toe like a bird

squeezed thru an opening

in its cage.

[7]

Serpentine

More fragment of tree

than serpent

clothed in wet

he mirrors me

bedraggled in stone

cloak or so it seems

this cavernous ledge coven.

Is he witch's totem

swimming at yard's length

I can web reach him

startling darts of rain

cutting lagoon's edge

this sedge & eel grass dragon.

[8]

Lithuanian Dolls/Consulate Front

These eyes of dolls seem leaden stones

not canisters of the Faith

but cannon-balls engraved

in tome-like stares so much

waxen shapes, these dust cloths

& spidery webs.

Dolls with eyes stare

lidless & forlorn

such eyes are cracks

minden shapes or basement eves

hogans of the human form.

I'm interested in the priapic

silence of such dolls—their

indolent aura in time

one long amber twilight

& the results are in

the shadows have produced twins

...hazy silhouettes rough-housing

in the dark, come passing headlights

although the stampede of noises

affects nought.

Ticker-tape & collage

in quick thick barrage

these lonesome dolls

slouching half-pinned

in their stalls—

a cat transcends crouching his spine

then pelvic thrusts and tableaux change.

People are divisive, dolls less so.

the dolls know nothing of that.

[9]

Begin And Beguile

If brains be gables & minds, say, the shutters

in a derelict New England Mansion

then intuition is in the

eaves & casements

the well-springs seeping into turrets & cupolas

of all other nether spaces.

These big, wide entrances are ourselves in all their splendor,

notwithstanding the Winchester Mansions

or Vanderbilt Estates where our

very personalities are laid bare

see antics give rise to attics

feed in onto themselves

where the Astor's of our alter-egos

are resplendent in rich pride of self

longing to manifest in lavish architecture

so redolent of wealth

yet see-sawing in, squabbling

their thread-bare servant quarters

where murderous passions

bare dingy walls and where stained,

yellowing wallpaper is harbinger to

further heart-felt quarrels &

what is unspeakable, gilded and more.

Manifold and many, recant and lament. Repent.

[10]

Fire Bush

If flies be dragons

and they may you know.

In large desiccated brambles

where wasps go

involuntary blue-green coelacanths

these Devil's Darning Needles

wedge in Flying Circuses

frame pale diaphanous wet green sky

as shooting columns

twig and Rock Face.

There, fire-bush

entrance scrapes paler wax

green fronds then

Blue Holes into canopies

thru the stars.

[11]

Skootematta

Sheldrake, a magician

—the mandrake

a mythic plant whose shriek

drove listeners wild....

this lake, Sheldrake

and its windsong-heartswoon

counterpart, Skootematta

with Shabomeka &

a whiff of Buckshot Lake to boot,

waves lapping the

prayerful stones—

water's edge

the earth's bones....

Lakes an art-form

hardscrabble scribble

shorthand on a blessed land.

The mysticism of basic shadows,

occult shapes of ourselves.

[12]

Animals And The Stars

Crickets are a strange place,

cricks of dew hemmed

with hoar-frost

mushrooming by a door.

The glens are fashions of a loom

eerie pads

are nightly rooms.

The padlocks

remove the key

as grass-hoppers

keep the meadow free.

A twilight world

along the edge

at rapier's length

this light, this point

at end of the void.

[13]

And Then Some

The anger past

as a cat arches her back

a thickly rich robust anger

blackest coffee in a thick

earthen mug

this thug & mugger with sufficient

silk thread.

Yet the assassin is back

with catcalls & hiss

cortisol adrenalin that

lunge like that cat

rapid-fire along the back garden fence

this patio stroll

my senses black.

And time luxuriating like a thick veil.

That dread pack with

anger in the lead

—what prevokes it—

obviously really

a pack of violent

running lies—wolves

hell-bent running over

intent on deceit,

thievery, then some.

A narrative with a long reach.

[14]

Woodsy Backwoods Poem

I saw Bear

shopping with Santa Claus

at the North of 7 Plaza

only he wasn't wearing a bib—

only a cotton-wool imitation synthetic

polystyrene white fluffy instead.

I saw the Bear

gracing a wall at the

Old Trout Lake Hotel

(part-time job),

looking self-satisfied,

smug back of the Mosque Lake Road

but a self-starter, no less,

lacking the wherewithal, nonetheless,

to be a serious shit-disturber

accolades & kudos aside, still

circus Work is hard &

good dancing difficult to come by,

poor dish of custard, sticky stuffed bastard.

yet the pay-off begins

when Bear gets home

with only grubs in the bank

and maggots to show

for his life's work, alas,

no fireworks for free

in the big grin as you den,

leaf-off frenzy

witch begins October

month of orange zen

zip up only can ya please.

[15]

Corner Store Fifties Reveille

I met Bear at the 5 n' dime

sipping a Cream Soda

he was voluble &

needed to talk...

"I got a shit-load on my mind,"

mumbling something about some

run-in with a Mountie—tampering

with Crown Evidence, the purloined Honey Jar,

in question, Jimmy Dean was there, too,

polishing his coolness though he would

have his own Run-In later in the evening.

As Marilyn had left,

I decided to forgo Bear's company,

still slurping his Soda &

crying into the bubbles,

some things never change.

[16]

Trout Lake Hotel

The walls don't lack sincerity, here,

or be accused of "ordinary,"

what with the bleached remains

of a carbon skull, a yellowing pike head

of uncertain girth, adder-like fangs

positioned like the Bear Head

gasping for the night air

one wall over or

the old pool table

that's seen as many games

as ghosts fly by or drinks downed

in the penumbra Shooters

flaming elixir stars,

a shooting gallery of exotica and potent portions—

crimson Garter, Pink Panties,

the men in this lounge live up to that

with cigarettes bullying the air, chortles,

one doesn't expect to see southern good ole boys

in the North Backwoods with no 'gators

or Biloxi Blues but a gallows to good intentions,

nonetheless.

[17]

Northwoods Poem

Watermelon,

ears of skeleton

wet nose with marshmallow

I saw the Bear leaning on

Santa for a favor.

II

Here's Bear, week's growth of beard,

long bushy eyebrows

still reeking of gin

apparently wanted the penny-strapped Claus'

to dump Rudolph,

spray-paint his coat white

use Bear's fleshy drinker's nose

to lead the sleigh

that crazy night.

III

A tiff erupted

Rudolph almost lost it

santa ended paying Hibernation fees

though Bear grumbled he wasn't

bedding Next to no knot of worms garter snakes.

[18]

Orange Lichens

Orange lichens, in sun-like clusters,

entomb the Rockface wall

a sheer ascent from the waterline

into glassy viscous green—-

the plummet from skyward

to lake face

passes breathless squadrons

of Dragon Flies

—devil's Darning Needles

threading the air

where Wolf Spiders

bivouac in web-castles,

thin Draculas to their insect host

each hairy mantle black

with burrow moats at high watermark;

yet unforeseen are the funnel lairs

for bull snakes

each water thrasher

gracing the rotund, behemoth Rock

lunging like a SSpirit Presence up

from this watery chalice.

[19]

Six Owlets

Six owlets sitting in a tree,

six cats in effigy,

six of both in a boat

the leeward lives in Innisfree.

Six women marching

through a park,

six lanterns at rest

six cauldrons to

six walking abreast.

In the still of the morning

I'd hazard a guess

there's a little less.

[20]

Twillingate

We all end up badly and

it's not the season nor the salt

rather, I suspect but type of gherkin used.

We all end, badly, at least

the more modest of us do.

the old salts they dine on

limericks anyways.

We all end up, sadly, the distances

and the wiles only last up,

sideways, and barely with

the edge-ways of a smile.

Some of us, sadly,

limit our losses

call off the posse

quit deals, the

quicksilver steals.

Some of us, gladly,

surrender or catch

a slow boat to Twillingate,

if not willingly,

at least painstakingly.

[21]

Bravura

Memory as embankment,

a mudslide at High Tide

with shades up...

my avocado green brethren

pleasures the soil.

Memory as enchantment

a Belle at a Soiree,

pureed, Gaston at a Dinner Party.

Napanee suggests sympathy,

a serendipity...

as water winders its way

to clay in a moonlight

turn of the bottle,

I shall find a way.

that's ironclad.

[22]

Whisky Girl

I like'em ragged round the rim,

rough drawn at dawn

panting at the edge,

belly-button ring

tattooed naval

drinking silk panties shooters,

not much in between

if you know

What I mean

[23]

High Frequency Draw

(High Alert)

Les bougies sur les tombeaux

(The candles on the graves)

antilles dread locks ...

french chocolate it is not.

[24]

Red Fox

(Red Horse Lake)

A magnificent Red Devil

splayed out in his tracks;

this tumultuous soul, baron of the backwoods

with his provenance unknown ...

this compromise to individuality

abandons him to chorome death

under a canopy-canapé dream-coated rock dome.

Trepanned, empire of trees, dark matter

& a castle of leaves,

a fish-hawk for a tomahawk

in his thermo-cline eyes ...

dithyrambic young osprey in the offing,

candelabra under stars.

Going inland for freshwater prawns,

sandalwood and tortoiseshells

finding bewitchment amid moving cars.

[25]

When I was a Much Younger Man

When I was a much younger man,

my spiritual homeland was a scrub-mile of bush with thicket

leaves the size of your palms.

Saucer-size holes of white air enveloped the edge of trees

and the sky was large, an upturned pitcher

placed upon its ears...

edge-wise cicadas & June Beetles let out long throbs

and the people rounded out lives between the farmhouse & the barn.

This ennobled them and they were famously resilient and, in turn,

redolent with firmness & the gladness of life.

There was a Drive House, a pig pen, sheds & a chicken coop and, by

night, stars became the earlier evening swallows gulping the space Left in

the train of the moon. There was no one Empress of the Night anymore

than a Prince or Kings towered across the landscape.

Stillness and the largeness of things, predominated, and a hill cascading

between the fields & pond held both largess and chaos in nature.

A fence line divided the dynasties, then Regencies across an orchard

& what seemed to many an enchanted bridge to the woods.

It was here a boy made his stand.

The language of rock/hillside/lakes & nettle stands like the back of my hand

to fill a calendar wall, their musical sounds are brave arias in waves

with sonatas first in strength, then pleasure.

This Frontenac Axis as fortress, strong-hold, its booty lichens, moss,

legends such as Meyer's Cave, John Meyers murdered for silver,

Mazinaw Rock, the Mugwumps

more water in this Davy Jones locker than all Araby,

this wonder & merriment all strung in a violin string

as webs of beads these lakes

silver cistern,

lovely listening,

this necklace of forest wreath,

placid leaf fingering wide-eyed watershed rich in Massasauga serpents

like daggers in that tarn, karst topography lime-stone carapace

Painted Turtle hemorrhaging as orange leaves in Sumac troves,

copses as sky counts, lakes like the back of my hand ache with the wish

I could swim them all, wallow in their own restless energy.

Snapping Turtle Point, a pail of water and a beast three bucket sizes

with a yellow underbelly like an alligator, claws, black raven mouth

lunging his neck as some gladiator's sword primitive in his ferocity.

Nigh near lacerated my hand, no wish, here, to leave digits there as new

Finger Lakes.

Names masculine to the touch and their roundness——Mississageon,

Buckshot could pepper a listener or blur in seconds turning effete,

Shabomeeka, Sharbot or learn likeness and leisure in the form of the

lute, Kashwakemak, sound brittle——Rogue's Hollow, Marlbank,

Lime Lake, the Claire River disappearing into a swamp & muskeg

where one maps out one's personal Mythology—

Napanee is and as Anthology.

[26]

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Table of Contents

Prussian Blue By Paul Cameron Brown

Contents

Not So Much

Serpentine

Lithuanian Dolls/Consulate Front

Begin And Beguile

Fire Bush

Skootematta

Animals And The Stars

And Then Some

Woodsy Backwoods Poem

Corner Store Fifties Reveille

Trout Lake Hotel

Northwoods Poem

Orange Lichens

Six Owlets

Twillingate

Bravura

Whisky Girl

High Frequency Draw

(High Alert)

Red Fox

(Red Horse Lake)

When I was a Much Younger Man

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