Jonas Lee photo
By
Penn Kemp
On the Nature of Intelligence
Rewilding my senses to catch up
with yours beyond thought and
logic into the realm of scents.
A musky note on the dark side of
lunar new. Ears sharpened to tips.
Eyes accustomed to shifting dusk.
No extrasensory perception yours,
heightened to distinguish illusion
from moving shapes, from fright.
A fine intelligence tuned to what
is naturally. Honed to acute slips
in landscape. What weather calls
for: announcements clear as day to
you. Unfamiliar to my more muted
scrutiny, your acuity of bodymind.
Penn Kemp
Penn Kemp is an activist Canadian poet, playwright and editor. Her latest works are Local Heroes, and the forthcoming Fox Haunts. Recent books include Barbaric Cultural Practice and two anthologies edited, Women and Multimedia and Performing Women. See www.pennkemp.weebly.com.
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