Wheel of Fortune

Caught in the wheel
I traverse the spoke
One foot in front, around
Of another, and around
I shut my dizzy eyes
Look with a loose grip
To the face of a lion
Of a woman, a turning leaf
A balcony, a beach, a gate
The feline stare reforms
Each vivid & vague, blooming
Like an abstraction
Like any single thing
In the right…

2021-07-12