As/Is







4.05.2004



all things being more
or less than equal
lunch concludes sur
la table,
bowler
hats are stories
to entertain the gods
to keep their bloody
knives at bay; dessert
a sprig of mint or
a big green apple
although this is not
an apple and this
is not a poem and
this is not the scent
of apple, filling
a room at the edge
of the Orinoco.