even after
we depart, sticks we post
remain sundials
even after
we depart, sticks we post
remain sundials
and again—
your insistent whispering
rumbling through my soul
rumbling skies
and driving rain—no space
between the beats
seeing some other
order in a vine snaking
through the trellis
possessed
visibly by the
invisible
a leash and
collar encircling
the hydrant
only its
ordered squares sit so safely
six feet apart
paints burn in
colors at temperatures
I can’t reach
all the world’s
artists drawing one object
from different angles
playing mirrors’
angles, you glimpse yourself as
another