It was not the Five Mississippi Blind Boys
who hoisted me off the ground
that morning as I drove down

The one resting now on a plant stem
somewhere deep in the vine-hung
interior of South America

Two muscle men stand face to face
in a large field and begin an Olympic insult contest.

The sky is blue and gold like a Swedish flag

not to steer but to steady
the boat when I steer into un-

when I steer into strange

Suddenly, you were planting some yellow petunias
outside in the garden,
and suddenly I was in the study

I might as well begin by saying how much I like the title.
It gets me right away because I'm in a workshop now

hello is my laundry ready

time is an enemy 
thick air 
a pigeon writes 

The big yellow house 
up the hill   a blue-green house 
across   a gray house 

they talk about / how Jane talked about / giving 8 puppies away