Saturday, June 5, 2021

George Stanley : Xavier

 

 

 

Dark curls,
dark, bright eyes
above his mask.
 

Slender arms,
making salads,
hands out of sight

below the counter.

Fingers nimble
set up the machine
push it forward

for a card's tap. 

Dark, intelligent eyes
above his mask.

Eyes may meet,
but ne'er a glint
of recognition shines
absent our faces.

 

 

 

 

 

A native of San Francisco, George Stanley [photo credit: Cath Morris] has lived in BC since 1971. He has published ten books of poetry, the most recent are After Desire (2013), North of California St. (2014), and West Broadway (with George Bowering’s Some End) (2018), all from New Star Books of Vancouver, and a recent chapbook, Love Is Not an Algorithm (2020), from above/ground press.