Bow down, a local constellation,
Bow down, a local constellation,
These poems do not live: it's a sad diagnosis.
These poems do not live: it's a sad diagnosis.
As prodigal in what lacks me.
As prodigal in what lacks me.
I am a miner. The light burns blue.
I am a miner. The light burns blue.
Supports his foot. He pipes a world of snakes,
Of sways and coilings, from the snake-rooted bottom
Supports his foot. He pipes a world of snakes,
Of sways and coilings, from the snake-rooted bottom
Stripes for mouth and eyes and nose,
Stripes for mouth and eyes and nose,
Lay over the leaves like a clear cellophane,
A pane of dragonfly wing, when they left me
Lay over the leaves like a clear cellophane,
A pane of dragonfly wing, when they left me
Among the common rout
Thronging sidewalk, street,
Among the common rout
Thronging sidewalk, street,
Close on you like the fist of a baby
Or an anemone, that sea
Close on you like the fist of a baby
Or an anemone, that sea
The whole flat harbor anchored in
The whole flat harbor anchored in