They Loved

Just the eldergrass and him, the fog, unpoliced and safe inside the train, the thoughts of rain, Apollo, and the sun, of Delphi that they loved, of rabbis and of airports, that they loved they loved this wide canal of green, you trees, oh love, oh single cross of cloud cover, beneath the leaves to see the cows, the boat launch, and the night.



Reprinted from Black Dog Songs (Flood Editions) with the permission of the publisher and poet. All rights reserved.