things to read

We’ve Only Just Begun ( 1972)

before the surround of what night – we would lean into that,

how it was said, a suggestion smaller than what waves and

calls for our attention – we’re walking here with what we

secret away and take when we’re gone – later,

and it’s even more narrow on the morrow – this passage is a

signal to look away and notice how it continues steady, even

without what your grip found – imagine that, an interest in

what’s required as well as its display – some things

(it was a perfect music, thirty years is no thing now,

your face there, our minor finitude),

I say only to know its weight and sound as it hits ground,

so when stepping away I am with its feel at my back.

what hasn’t been said directly is further on ahead and we’ve

been told to not be surprised by its precision as it, too, knows

an impression will be left – that said, still: you will have to change