WINDOW ALCOVE
WINDOW LEDGE 2

In my room
           in my self
                       there is an ashtray.

It is made of clay      and is from Russia.
Blue swirls interlace with white and black
a technique called feathering.

Russian cigarettes always taste stale
but their ashtrays are beautiful.

When in self exile

           I sometimes balance

                   a hand rolled cigarette
on the brink

the ash dribbling
                     across
                            a pent-emblem

half-star      half-flower.

Jim Larwill
Ottawa ON
(From the MS. THE EPILOGUE)

Have you seen the writing on the wall

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