After Duncan
absolute
we name them
his ‘cruelty’ gave me
a local sea to name
(all this desire to name)
the other shoots me full
of green
no accidental
imperative
a form that forms me again
from the ground
lifting in the air
thin or thick
on a Dusk
day to Noah
needing no more
and a promise
a near hand
labors of importance
in increments
held rings
of thought to warmth
rings of the earth
committed void
music as a trial of
the eternal asking
& the answer
the
continuity then
earth worms
floating bears and
a clock brown field
lyric wind
a great subjectivity
boxed
melodies
of black crows
a pole star
which defines
the world
do you contain honey
powers of youth the storm?
do you open
into a dooryard?
a spinning fate of
love only
a field
of transcendent
breathing
burning to death
yielded to
and walking
away
they all obey
perhaps
we all obey
a song
somewhere
out of tune
out of focus
white noise off the car radio