Tuesday, April 27, 2010

In Her Praise

Do you know, have you heard

she is beautiful

as modulating sunlight on Moroccan city walls

as the water spider’s equilibrium

when he runs the meniscus chasing prey

as the mercury in a barometer

or the water in a well

never seen only sometimes heard

when a child drops a stone in


I seek her in recondite corners

a silhouette

a glimmer

a footstep or a giggle

a tightness in the stomach

a maggot in the mind


A swooning apple-tree

I break into blossom

for the air’s delectation

mysterious harmonies

gather me into the earth


Hippos in a mud-hole

we wallow in each other

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