Drifting Dogs

steep angle down shadow makes a triangle
everything is rectangles around here
extraneous and inelegant
cluttered and old
the charm is in the lacquer layers
peeled back history in rainbow
shiny black to red to green to opalescent blue
like oil on a mud puddle




White and yellow swirling
little amber circles of spice
this soup is too creamy
to see all the ingredients



rippled chiffon like everything's covered in a milky film
light shimmers refractions sundogs play as eyes twitch
                                   flicker
which way kaleidescopic vision funhouse nausea seesaw
                                  the spins