The eye of the swan
glares at me, its neck dirty
from bottom feeding.
It’s floating along
with its mate, knowing nothing
about pandemics.
Being is plural.
Its redrimmed eye puts me in
mind of bad theory.
It knows I’m human,
subject to tantrums. It swims
in community.
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Tom D'Evelyn is a private editor and writing tutor in Cranston RI and, thanks to the web, across the US and in the UK. He can be reached at tom.develyn@comcast.net. D'Evelyn has a PhD in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley. Before retiring he held positions at The Christian Science Monitor, Harvard University Press, Boston University and Brown University. He ran a literary agency for ten years, publishing books by Leonard Nathan and Arthur Quinn, among others. Before moving to Portland OR he was managing editor at Single Island Press, Portsmouth NH. He blogs at http://tdevelyn.com and other sites.
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