Bill Keen Poet Free verse

Questioning the Gnomon: Session One

O Fingernail Moon
			pointing down at the ocean
			what goddess clipped you?

			O clipped fingernail
			without your acute reply
			can I scratch mind’s itch?

			Scratch may be:
			the swipe to light the match
			the breech that summons blood
			the spouse of pad
			the early exit before the race
			the gelt to stay and play
			the flaw on the record’s face
			the mindless cry of the itch
			How do I scratch mind’s itch?

			Pray to the word to guide you:
			O Scratch, light the way
			of mind’s blood
			into my poems.

			One possibility:
			If you can swipe the match to light the mind
			and from the slice follow the summoned blood 
			until ripe words spill upon the sorting plane
			and weak entrants leave before the race
			while hope sticks to build on the opening ante
			you may at last scratch out a piece of verse
			that justifies this frenzied motion back and forth.

			O Fingernail Moon
			does the goddess know or guess
			what she has released?

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