SoMa Literary Review - Shaman Commuter

Shaman Commuter

By Daniel Y. Harris

The city is bone

wolf eyes

see over bone-bridge

under bone-skies

bone-ramp

bone-lane

bone-rage

of pigeons

hum the dead

flakes of chiefs

grid-lock

air-words

ghost-dance

that master

and tormentor are one

larded to obesity

locked in to toll

the land

spinning

like a horned god

in traffic

of car-to-car combat

and releases the brake.

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Daniel Y. Harris is the author of the forthcoming poetry book, Unio Mystica. He is a widely published poet, essayist and visual artist. Among his credits are: The Pedestal Magazine, Exquisite Corpse, In Posse Review, Mad Hatters’ Review, Sein und Werden, Poetry Salzburg Review, Wilderness House Literary Review, Poetry Magazine.com, Convergence and The Other Voices International Project. Among his art exhibitions credits are: The Jewish Community Library of San Francisco , Market Street Gallery, The Euphrat Museum and The Center for Visual Arts. He earns his living as Northwest Regional Director of Development for Canine Companions for Independence . His website is www.danielyharris.com.