Poet: Chris Davidson, Seal Beach, CA
Smalldoggies Single Poem Feature #2: Chris Davidson, Seal Beach, CA
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After the Optometrist’s
Through the car window the boy views
each leaf at the end of its stem a-tremble,
and he’s not sure he’s seen it before—not
remembering knowing that wholes are made
of smaller parts that live, that eyes with still
stronger lenses might see deeper into each
segment, each vein—and now vows to remain
alert to every angle, every line, to light
on droplets of water, their reflections—word
used as well for movement of ground, as when
the Times August of ’69 states that seismic
reflections “indicate the thickness of rocks.”
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Chris Davidson lives and works in Southern California. His poems have appeared in Alaska Quarterly Review, Burnside Review, Causura, Denver Syntax, Zocalo Public Square, and elsewhere.
Find him and read more at Chris's official blog.