PARTISAN REVIEW
-a matte stone solicitously instructed
to bear away some rumor
of the living presence that has preceded
it, out-precedented its breath
These wings do not unfold for flight–
no need!
The weight (to the hand) finding
a counterweight or counter buoyancy
of the mind's wings
Walking:-
He is afraid! What then?
Before his feet, at each step, the flight
is renewed. A burst of wings, a quick
churring sound
couriers to the ceremonial of love!
-aflame in flight!
-aflame only in flight!
No flesh but the caress!
He is led forward by their announcing wings.
II
The descent beckons
as the ascent beckoned
Memory is a kind
of accomplishment
a sort of renewal
even
an initiation, since the spaces it opens are new
places
inhabited by hordes
heretofore unrealized,
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