9.11.2003

One take on obscurity in poetry. Another forthcoming.

                  To give back to the rain
what was announced on the rooftops
in whispers, at the end of May –
the rain, a drowsy origin
cradled in the huge bronze
and silver of twisted beech.


Your sounding, not like laughter
on dry streets, nor an obituary
reminiscence, give and take
of battering wind – but slight
drumming on rough graves, midway
from the obscure haze of a lamp.

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