a sheaf of wheat
leaning upon itself—gusts
battering
a sheaf of wheat
leaning upon itself—gusts
battering
once again
a shrouded sky—living
inside linen
making by spending
time and money and desire
until there is none
all bound up
into a ball, pulling string
wound around itself
each discovered
word—a new pair of shoes to
slide into
opening and
closing day—the sore hinges
of books and bones
we will emerge to
stand on corners and become
the shadows we make
the dying gold—
of fall sunset—trees shedding
fiery garments
as I child I pictured
the building imprisoned
without occupants
and I picture them—
archeologists combing
through ruins