So we shoveled it. Climbed over it.
When a boy's loved he is loved.
When a boy's loved he is loved.
We kissed him at the countdown.
Then we went to bed.
Then we went to bed.
Then I woke and on the screen
an executioner's wife for him was worried.
an executioner's wife for him was worried.
Both on and off the screen,
there was still a lot of snow.
there was still a lot of snow.
I went out and stuck my hand in it,
felt around for a handle. None.
felt around for a handle. None.
So I picked myself up and walked to the bank.
Does it seem
Does it seem
to you I am alone? Guesses may enter. In coats or
shyly. No, not alone. Not
shyly. No, not alone. Not
exactly.
The wind was a friend. Dining
and down. I bent over,
and down. I bent over,
I listened to the flow.
Home, yes
Home, yes
but leaving. Home, sure, fine,
but, where's the bathroom?
but, where's the bathroom?
Where's the light? Anyway,
the soft-swell said, lisping its S's
the soft-swell said, lisping its S's
Anyway, if you're at home here,
you're a guest. So I bowed.
you're a guest. So I bowed.
I said, I'm sorry to have bored you.
Broad, the river jello-d in a thud
Broad, the river jello-d in a thud
of sun.
I climbed aboard,
I climbed aboard,
I rowed. (For a guest will often
take the oars when urged.)
take the oars when urged.)
A border flew open like a cough.
I never paused, I never looked up.
I leaned back to balance
my enormous brown tongues as they dipped
my enormous brown tongues as they dipped
to green and red
furrows of light between wet-mounds.
furrows of light between wet-mounds.
My boat rocked, steady
un-steady. Was I welcomed?
un-steady. Was I welcomed?
It seemed I was as I gripped and privately
beheld.
beheld.
The night soon lost its head. I said,
Ah. I'm here. Pulling up now,
Ah. I'm here. Pulling up now,
parking, as it were,
looking for something to eat,
looking for something to eat,
to redeem.
The wind shook the seedpod
but the seedpod wasn't moved.
but the seedpod wasn't moved.
And though I thought I'd done
the damage I was born for,
the damage I was born for,
there was still so much to step through,
so much to mar.
so much to mar.