The new theory of the universe predicts,
for instance, gravity. And history. It is correct.
It is complex. There are men too eager to know,

Ardea Candidissima, snowy
Heron or White
Egret, printed London 1835, not

Some sad Greek said the atoms swerve
and that’s how anything happens, “any­
thing” meaning not nothing. The nerve

Here is a little book of instructions. It says care
must be taken. For instance, a form of health as a
version of vanity (as when a poor stonecutter set up 

Pei designed the building with views,
smooth masonry, and the mountains aligned
for a photo opportunity; inside are files
sufficient for forever, for fine tuning weather.

A man bigger than you and more intelligent
walks into his future as into a dining room
anticipating small surprises and large comforts.

Therefore, above all things, he loathed
his miserable self. 

If a man walks with one hand on the baby carriage
As he argues with the mother but picks blossoms
From the park trees to fold into the carriage