Camera Obscura – Stephanie Yue Duhem
June 16, 2022
is the name of this angel, his
every eye aflame as a sword.
If I too am a tool
for his vision,
if I can make for him
a new incision in
the world, with my word—
Lord, let me soft
like a sandal, let me wild
in the blue ache
of his scissoring wings.
But he is already aloft
over a lake.
He is already
a smile-hued dream.
Camera obscura, definition:
light punches a hole
and beams.