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In My Beginning

(the magician, Aquarian)
to Isaac
, age 6

a wind chime hangs

in anticipation


beneath an arbor

a workbench arrayed


almost casually

with a circular motion


he scoops balls of air

into the swirling clouds


like galaxies fleeing

from each other


he flutters about

after each sparkly bit


all of the elements

all of the senses


all the myriad disciplines

swarm within and without


in an ever-expanding horizon

which binds him in time


between the bluest sky

and the spinning earth

(August 5, 2023)