Poem-A-Day

The Blue Wind

by Dan Wilcox

“The  blue & the wind, the blue wind”

          - Nadja by André Breton

The Caffè door opened in a blue 

wind of her fear, desperation

seeking a ticket to run  — 

                           That breeze

carried her away to Sufi hills

in borrowed coat & brewery

watch cap, a shawl & hoodie

abandoned to the week’s rain 

in a box under the Main Street bench

all else carried in tote bags with

delusions & paranoia, but, alas

no recollections, no panties

(“don’t wear ‘em”), no car keys —

trinkets & ephemera tucked away 

or forgotten, a room key (#6), 

lotus necklace, notes of gratitude

joy & self sex denied, silent

singing bowls, empty cafe tables

in her blue wind of vanishing.

~

Dan Wilcox is a poet & peace activist & the host of the Third Thursday Poetry Night at the Social Justice Center in Albany, NY. You can read his Blog about the Albany poetry scene at dwlcx.blogspot.com.