From “Knots”

Say, you or you, whichever: Why so much laughter? Why the celebration?

Today we laugh for the day is done

and sorrow did not exhaust us.

 

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Say, you, or you: Is there something you’re touching?

Why do you hold out those hands?

One day the fruit will fall, we say.

Now we’re just bearing the weight

of the day.

 

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Because the secret is followed by revelation

we fed

that wild animal,

polished it,

cared for it

with our silence.

Its appearance

was to be spectacular:

a clean, shimmering beast,

brimming with health.