serene Cosmopolis

CHASTE VISION

Imagination of the common good

gleams in the mind’s eye –

a gift from on high

to children of the neighborhood.

I remember Ellen Ryan, from Bridgeport

out of Holy Cross,

smoking under the asbestos

of the Henry Sharpe complex (fort)

off 95 – splitting Providence

just as in Bridgeport,

where her father (Mort,

the cop) & mother (Mary, since

deceased) instilled their sober sense

of ultimate innocence –

outwitting insolence

by grace (elusive fauna of experience).

Sheepish cabal of VISTA volunteers!

Bussed into Washington

to lobby Congressman

Boro Dolpawa (he’s “all ears”).

Chaste vision of the commonweal.

My strength in weakness

is perfected (witness,

black lamb rust-red wool).

Beyond transparent vanishings

serene Cosmopolis...

bright realm of kindness

radiating equilibrium (eternal things).

11.15.18