24.1.12






we cannot take in enough of the legible air. the pilot light's exhaustion. our fourteenth read of _fragrant palm leaves_. in the scarce community garden, someone has tied wooden hands to the trellis. the boy with the round face finds some nettled tennis balls to throw beneath the briars. he notices how the earth makes its own traps. forgiven, yes, we are, eventually, cold enough to circle back. they bring assured logs, a case of matches, wool on spindles & sheet metal with lapsing stars (not a gallant material, but nonetheless).

1.10.11

leaf-gravity







                            just that the mist

 although the flecks on her skin this was not a letter


we floated the dented mailbox down the river as if to say 'what you will'


just the wistful birds that wind easily into  tunnels, fiercer /

& the concentration of years & the taste of beets, crushed
                                                                                                                   leaf-gravity
what will become of you, the pale lettering, you harbored against the wall of the train track apartment

            finally, the land is given
                        but the part should stay