801

800

799

798
I saw a bird fly in the night--
It seemed that she could see
The nature of a path that was
Invisible to me.
Instead of dark impediment
But feeding inner cast--
A sustenance interior
Made future what was past.
Vermillion was created twice,
The second at her cost--
Avian--assumed--submitted--
A shell of love unglossed.

797

796
A loom of storm the muse,
Voiceless to change the air--
Without electric conviction's
False strike and instant shadow--
As Io by Saturn skyed--
Await calamity.

795

793

792

791

790

789

788
The bridge must bear the carriage,
Or no bridge be--
But you, beyond breath,
What quality?
The song unthought is not a score--
I see a shadow, nothing more;
And I, like shadow, in your eye,
Categorical--defy.

787

786

785
The city church
Fronts appointed haste.
The spiritual man
Hinged slant to the stone presence
Sits astep--landscape
Guised, grimed, smoking
Hand-rolled,
Psalm toned
Accompaniment
To his vesper tot
In pocket.

784

783

782

781