Cosmogony
the first office was a sun
a great dirty star
overtaking the coffee-house
of our mother night
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Light entertainment
light is an old acquaintance
come with a pick-axe into the cellar
a mad night-gown of silk
I wear it as an experiment
in walking upright
a private game
let it fall where it will
more real than any answer
that nothing on the stage
Secret agent
I tell my mind
to my sandwich
how in the country of creeds and good chocolate
the young get vicious
and the king’s ear is with child
as water is with ice
Transient
a little rain
the bear passing through town
needs no advice
The strong, silent type
words love quiet
as the office a clock
or horses the evening
we ride easily through the streets
feet cramped by new hard boots
Vinegar
after-dinner discourse
about how to stay lit:
the mother talking
to the wine
In the park
drinking wine in the park
the dog dancing as I look
over the paper
Hands
my hands all morning meet
to put things in order
grow fat with content
and love a falling out
like the lord and lady
of a nothing little town
Captive audience
reading to the hogs
as I have done
my books come to taste
of liberty
Deconstruction Site
To think they were back there
all that time someone said
meaning the half-dozen snakes
of three different species
our bathroom remodeling project displaced
but my own thoughts kept dwelling
on that huge nest of razor blades
in the wall where the mirror had been
We propped up the roof and ripped
the bathroom walls out
keeping the fixtures intact
so that the shower stall
stood fully exposed
to the breeze and blowing rain
for half that summer
Ah
Begin the beguine
in many hands
I perceive a dance
of great use
and small trouble
dark and light
ice
wine
Piscean
an old fish
I have my dinner in a jug
talking about ice
and who will give up all
for the oven
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