TEXAS HERON
The smoking poilu, in his pink turban
like a blasted basilica
bent over Ravenna
marshland. Many thousand gone.
His ferrous requiem for Texas heron –
wings on migration,
Zion to destination
unknown (indifferent shotgun).
A ghost dance of repetitive waves.
Arthur in Otranto,
Geo in Ferrara...
Micòl & Black Elk (lead-gray graves
in crowds). A quiet cemetery
full of new-mown grass.
They Shall Not Pass.
Heaven & earth... won’t fade away.
The Magdala Stone... hasn’t figured
yet. Her equilibrium
of magnanimity (come,
stay!) – like rain over the weird
Mammon of idle selfishness...
a motive for release.
She’s coming, Orpheus –
returning, Willy – rose of Inverness
or little almond tree – Mary
shedding lambent grace
or Jenny Falcon-Ace –
Love’s fiery knot (bright quipu-tree).
4.25.18
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