30 October 2004

not posed, not posed at all

in the detail etched on filaments
quarks and pollen all her aftermaths
drift as skyforms over fields

while standing bottles on the wind
edge hum
you paint

a jewish bride in hay stooks startling splatted daubs
her red bold clarion dress
her best dress ever worn in memory after spills

and slicks of surface pleats
creamy with thrills before
the evening’s

things