As/Is







2.02.2006


diversifold toehold

1/
one hears the silo being still
again this afternoon
the whiniest machinery infects the yard
the man behind it steers propulsion

2/
in the matter of a second hand
the clock struts two
one syllable softer than water
fallen across crops
that foil the hunger field

3/
the seance of distinction
marks dovetail the seashore
while pale lore of a near neighbor
pronounces first person singular
repeatedly with too much vowel

4/
parsed seeming language
convicted of a pattern
reverts to old ways
when a voice comes to its aid
surfing winter with intention