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Illuminated by Todd Wilson

August 5, 2014 by Every Writer

Wilson

Illuminated

by Todd Wilson

waved heat
particled light
pollocked across
my canvas face
rays conceived
smack center
of middling sun
millennia before
homo sapiens
fell to earth
once escaping
the photosphere
gracile beams
strike my lens
and the star
is older than eight
minutes ago
i’m certain
my problems
are big picture
important
but relatively

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Todd Wilson lives in Cameroon, West Africa. He is struck by the authenticity of the ordinary and the unifying power of spoken verse, and the status it maintains outside of the west. He is currently completing a collection of poems that explore themes of disaffection, cultural bridging, and the illusion of personal decision making. Frequently, you can find him on the beach with his kids, where nothing else matters.

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