I. Entant with Needlepoints Twice I stitched and watched her Sewing. The images of the horse and man and curling trees were imperfect. 5 II. Prelude in December When the snowball diminished beyond The circle of my eye I was diminished. III. Adagio 10 The sun was a long slow line running through Rows of willows shaking their leaves in rows. A single green light transfixed the time. IV. Minuet Under Glass The myriad black-headed chickadees flocked 15 Through whiles and whiles of a white sky. Still this was not enough. V. Tablecloth quartet and Mints The dining room was a room of space Holding four minds like circles in squares. 20 The meal was vivid with a sauce. VI. The Through Nine Panes Bridge The upright piano commonly lent notes To the couch. At once we found That the azaleas were blooming. Were red. 25 VII. Fugue In Green Pacasandra on the lawn exchange colors Of themselves between themselves, shrewdly. Their bodies In multiples are expanding. VIII. Wine at the Cotillion 30 The woman is softly, at night in the Dark in the stars, waving her veins at me. The quilt is a quilt that is warm. IX. Jazz Dance of August Now the snowballs are falling 35 And like moons are falling. And I am increasing Beyond my own eye like winter. X. Explanation I once have seen the quiet energies Of a world building with the littlest hands 40 One thread on a web in the comer.
From the collection "Youth Youth Youth"
Written by Gregg Glory [Gregg G. Brown]
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