Raised
/Dawn bellies rosing in the skygarden
lit by the rolling yellow illume
particles of a man in the distance
real blue mist clings halfwrecked curiosity
pointing above the tree
this now bloodstained chide of wake
with eyes on a face
and eyes over the head
diving with howevermany clouds
mostly soaring within their capsules in an onslaught of purple
to be the airless visage
above homes lolling
among daisies in the cornfield
some Virgo maiden running pink
above the cubicles of suburban life
bashfulling down these
omnipotent skyshafts.
Heath Brougher lives in York, PA. He attended Temple University. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Diverse Voices Quarterly, BlazeVOX, Mobius, *Star 82 Review, Van Gogh's Ear, Otoliths, MiPOesias, 521 Magazine, Of/With, Inscape Literary Journal, and elsewhere.