Tell them you came & saw & looked into my eyes, & saw the shadow of the guard receding Thoughts in time & out of season The hitchhiker stood by the side of the road & levelled his thumb in the calm calculus of reason
(a car passes)
Why does my mind circle around you Why do planets wonder what it Would be like to be you
All your soft wild promises were words Birds, endlessly in flight
Your dog is still lost in the frozen woods or he would run to you How can he run to you Lunging w/ blooded sickness on the snow He's still sniffing gates & searching Strangers for your smell which he remembers very well
Is there a moon in your window Is madness laughing Can you still run down beach rocks bed below w/ out him?
Winter Photography our love's in jeopardy Winter Photography our love's in jeopardy Sit up all night, talking smoking Count the dead & wait for morning (Will warm names & faces come again Does the silver forest end?)