August 25
from this week in August, 2016 (I was 71)
The Shadow Puppet Theatre (a work in progress)
The shadow puppet theatre
cast upon the walks and lawns
presents a new production daily
directed by the wind moving leaves
Negatives of movement projected below
To see it as representational
may miss the point
Anything interpretive is an imposition
Eyes are unreliable receptors
Seeing should not be believing
The mind seeks shape
patterns seen against closed eyelids
Once recognized form persists
just as sub-atomic particulars
called into being when sought
Items in the bay we didn’t know we bought
Just the other day
I watched the shadow puppet monkeys play
before behind and in between
the foreground and background screen
Movements defined by their shapes
animate the little apes
They bend bound stretch and descend
Three sit together on haunches
pausing together on lower branches
Darkened eyes do not see
Covered ears do not hear
their unuttered sound most profound
Having discovered the play of the monkeys
many look for nothing else
Imposing interpretations obscure
the other actualities blown in
In the shadow puppet theater
sets change with the season
The best productions
appear without reason.
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