St. John of Damascus
The gold frame, swung crooked again
draws my eye—and rehearsing: stepladder
and shift, retreat, observe, stepladder, shift
again, more to the right—deciding all
of that was still
For Matthew Yarnell
1.
How appropriate, those two “ones” in eleven
standing side by side, the left only slightly longer. Like a left leg is
slightly longer.
Or two haystacks standing side by
I hate to see that evening Sun bite down
one ruler for another, one America
for the next, the race starts over, fresh
forgetfulness. Blank slate.
Firms fix to win
unless the grid
In the highway’s curve, in the swept
light that precedes the car, I am
coming home. I imagine you
safe, enfolded in the blue quilt.
I know you’ll have left a
One of the most striking tiny details in Madeleine L’Engle’s
[http://marriage.about.com/od/thearts/a/mlengle.htm]bracing and beautiful
memoir, Two-Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage
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