Central Courtyard, University of Southern California. • this is hallowed knowledge: the shadow of the movement of heavenly bodies in the cool dry air— June gloom come early— illumination where no sun shines, the torch of kings to guide the steps of coming plebeians— sustenance for the humblest soul, no moreContinue reading “Clouds Over Troy”
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A Summer So Long
• As a seed in the bright-colored street I am saying so long To the I know of nothing, the nothing that knows not of me. On a high cushioned wingtip my bondage was loosed with a song Of seduction to come, a provoking, profane melody; The lean languid lusting of aimlessness, sloth, and despair,Continue reading “A Summer So Long”
The Greeters
A poem You’d think everybody’s eyes would be fixed up here, so far above the cataracts. But these two kids look just like they used to, and nobody calls them four eyes— they’re the cool ones who left the party early, before you could corner one of them and say hey, how does it feelContinue reading “The Greeters”