Jan Sand Poems

I=ve heard it said stars twinkle
Because their long path
Hits an atmospheric wrinkle
That twists the slim beam
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'Gaze, ' DaVinci indicated
With one eyebrow elevated,
'On a wall - on every bit
Whereupon men have spit.
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Awkward structures sail
On rigid rails of velocity and gravity
Amongst the planets of the Sun.
Metal ears and crystal eyes
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This round plate
Sits on my kitchen shelf
Staring with its broad red rim
And bright central floral eye.
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The sculptor once pointed out
That his duty to the stone
Was janitorial.
By removing excess alone
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We walked, fifty years and twelve ago,
Down an icy stream on naked feet.
The trees were stout with age, and so
Young were we, and so incomplete,
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Puka-puk the sajint say,
Do puka-puk when I do.
An’ we scrunch in bunch
On truck an’ sajint is who
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I see the tiger in the zoo
With days and months and years
Of nothing to do.
His yellow eyes are filled
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They call me Frank these days
And the name implies me many ways.
My character is blunt, somewhat unswerving.
My features rather crude, I am a creature
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To fold a cat
It must be flat
So that, one could hope,
To put it in an envelope
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