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2.17.2011

RAIN OR RIVER:

East River,
First of spring,
Vested.
Craggy rocks
Vineyard sun, setting.
Queensborough Eclipse.
Rasping Red-Tug’s
Downstream dominance.

Floating above the eff D arr,
Hands refreshed,
Stiff.
Climbing iron to perch,
Lighthouse level.

A strange beauty this man,
With his gardens and
Gracfull Mansion.
Places of play,
Grand arches and spaces of quiet.
Shrieking offspring,
Huff-puffing herdsmen of another time,
Haggard yuppies sweating misspent middle age.

I am hungry but haven’t shaken,
The cold and sleepless.
The River or the rain.
©DANIEL MORTON 2011