Sketches #1

After Rexroth, Reznikoff, Williams, Zukofsky, and Cloud Cult

The bridges or North New jersey
frame little girl eyes
in the crowded 5:50 aisles
of standing room trains
like windows staving out
the globe's blanket of airy ether.
.................................................. The surgeon lost a son
.................................................. in the empty night
.................................................. high white crib bars
.................................................. on the cold, steely moon
.................................................. the wife would no longer
.................................................. play his voice on violin.
The angels dusted off each other
like second basemen
the throne had been won
and it's safety was assured
by the monument of pearls
which double as a gate.
............................................. After years of nobility
............................................. the train's service leather
............................................. remained as half gum/half leather
............................................. ceilings, sealed with a warmth
............................................. of commerce/commercials
............................................. and flaccid bodies half asleep.