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thank you Peter! ampersands are a relatively new step for me, I used to use them with less determination. I don't put them in place of every "and" though, sometimes it doesn't feel right somehow. thanks again KS On 7/13/06, Peter Ciccariello <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Marvelous! > So many great lines. > Esp. "peering > like a god of cats." > Also, love how the "&'s work. > > -Peter Ciccariello > http://invisiblenotes.blogspot.com/ > > > On 7/13/06, KS <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > this edit on 070706. > > all thoughts appreciated. > > > > "jittery intellect deep at night" > > > > the twin wingbeats of a giant bird > > jabbed at the pale night lain thin > > outside the rectangular > > kitchen window > > > > & now it seems > > that evidence of life > > speaks clearest after dark¯ > > > > when it's calm, & when > > the light of a sky looks > > like it snuck up without > > permission from hiding > > behind horizons¯an owl > > > > will alight with steel > > clambering grip & wings > > still half-spread & > > heavy eyes clicking > > in a feather-engine > > head, an assess in his > > step, peering > > like a god of cats. > > > > at 2 a.m. there is nothing > > bigger when he leaps away > > with a whoop, a giant > > glide from my sill > > > > & toothmarks > > where he clawed > > the blue paint to > > splinters. > > > > KS > > > > > > -- >