Friday, September 10, 2010

Fragmented Cloud on a Sunday Morning Flight



Fragmented Cloud on a Sunday Morning Flight


In the middle of blue skies
I see a cloud so old 
it wants to sail to Timbuktu,
Timbuktu and rain.

Emily keeps calling the bees.
She wants to blame them for not hiding
the joy of their last flight.

No happiness is greater
than the flight taken to the glitter
of your own flower.

Where is Eden?
Is there a hammock there?
Can we sing and never cut down trees?

Eden from the clouds
looks like fancy food, food
rushing through river of dreams

while the dead back-crawl
to the table where men sit
and forcibly bend to eat.

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Ortiz grew up between San Juan and Chicago, studied English literature at Inter-American University in San German, Puerto Rico, and philosophy at World University. He was an ESL teacher most of his life but also worked with the elderly blind population as a Daily Living Skills Instructor at the El Paso Lighthouse for the Blind, and the Texas Lions Camp. He studied culinary art at The Restaurant School in Philadelphia and became a chef. His work has been published in over 255 print journals, e-zines, and anthologies. Flutter Press released his debut chapbook, At the Tail End of Dusk, in October of 2009. Ronin Press released his second chapbook: topography of a desire in May of 2010. His photographs have been published or are forthcoming in: W5RAn.com, The Neglected Ratio, The Monongahela Review, and more. His poems were recently published, or are forthcoming in: The Battered Suitcase, Poor Mojo's Almanac(k), WTF PWM, The 13th Warrior Review, Dark Lady Poetry, and Writers’ Bloc.

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