seems this would feel more complete without the last stanza. lovely
enjambements, and the juxtapositions (sandal, gecko, workmen, milk) are
likewise vivid.
KS
2009/12/2 andrew burke <[log in to unmask]>
> Last night a frog
> under thin moonlight
> in the circle of
> a green hose wound up.
>
> Today my wife's sandal
> near takes the back half
> of a brown gecko off
>
> by the delicatessen
> where the workmen buy
> pies and flavoured milk.
>
> Now same bee
> as yesterday seemingly
> walks up to my barefoot
> on the hot driveway
> saying, Not you again.
>
> Little creatures so
> honest in their lives,
> so vulnerable in ours
>
>
> --
> Andrew
>
> 'Beyond City Limits', pub. ICLL @ ECU, available at topnotch indie
> bookshops
> - list at http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
>
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