Woman at the Window

By Sharon Lynn Osmond



sill of sea
                    transparencies:      this day
                                                     a woman's dress
blue clarity
                    swells the pained and solid
inside
the invisible          nickel kettle
                                whistle         tea
the need to polish
                                again
                                                     this tarnish:
                                                     silver afternoon
the need to feel blue
transparency
as it moves
barely
over flesh