What Is Beneath?

a scrap of satin - some wood what is beneath the wood ? dirt : the earth it is cold

is it alive ? it contains the stir of flowers it contains the whispering grass

and above it all ? some turf the blue sky

what are you listening to ? my dark blood the heart plays a tattoo beneath this pale linen this wool-stuff

and ? it listens for the stir of flowers it hears the grass whisper.