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Filament

A whisper. Not for the ear to comprehend but lower
perhaps ankle high…no, lower
 
an unknown operator moving through grasses
where home and light are finely attuned
 
metastable, eluding even the cat’s whisker
that filches waves
 
filters air’s turbulence, static, white noise.
Fine as a thorn
 
it catches the roar of the crowd beneath the balcony
the wash of water…
 

Ruth O’Callaghan

published in Poetry Review, Autumn 2010