And the companions in the yards too who fall
In all directions. Standing's the comparison
For them as don't want to sleep yet after
All, after it was all over, one sees some
Disappointment in breaths sucked in, in
The decision to wait until the same time tomorrow
For the wolf to be on, whose hunger
Made him leave the woods, and the sea
Must be part of that too. The wire sea.
John Ashbery's latest book of poems is
A Wave,
recently published by
Viking Press.
