Second Life
Accompanied
To the Campi Flegrei
By a shadow,
She listened to voices rise
From the darkness,
Then recede.
Instruments
Sustained them.
When one had finished
Others played.
False proportions
Sung boldly.
Rain on the roof tiles.
O selve, o campi.
Copyright Credit: James Longenbach, "Second Life" from Draft of a Letter. Copyright © 2007 by James Longenbach. Reprinted by permission of The University of Chicago Press.
Source: Draft of a Letter (The University of Chicago Press, 2007)