Here
Before my eyes
haze blunts the air
a thin woman purses her lips
coffee steams,
Desire demands more
lifting eyes up
a blue sheen
exotic figures dancing
to the sun’s strum
an overflowing glass,
Exaltation the coming
of what is not,
fancies that wash away
the moment’s moist clay.
Jack Hernandez has published poetry and prose in various print and on-line publications. He is currently the director of the Norman Levan Center for the Humanities at Bakersfield College.