I suppose the shock
would have been less
If I had though less
of you.
I do now, of course
And I’m not confident the chill
will ever leave me
-
Utah winter reminds me of nothing.
I wondered for a while
if it would bring back New England
The snow plows of that tiny town
going down Main
and up Fisk
Walks past the River and the railroad tracks
-
These are commonplace memories.
I was hoping to recall
being alone for the first time
I was hoping to recall
my passion and innate sense of awe.
-
Delmore pleads with me
to “shake myself
and break the banal dream”
I am trying
I am working harder every day.
-
I am aware
of that “charged underground.. .
Caught in an anger
exact as a machine.”
