Not the wrist of the sunset
which sinks every night
below the electrical wires—

The photographer is blind to what he sees—
He hits the shutter: indifferent film will hold the scene together.

Clarence was a chosen person that they got somewhere
To be lower than a cook, but higher than a dishboy.

How quickly How thick Midlife pools.

After the rabbits and doves 
and the sawed-in-two lady, 
slowly unscrew your arms 

speaking over the telephone while ironing a blouse
with French cuffs

Thus each occasion takes its initial from the character of its environment.

To love & hard febril disalligned, continually

disalligned almost disheartened fearing

disappointment in you or disgrace in lack

What is this bizarre collection of titles
(quasi-porno side by side with classics)

The story of how the animal was sent
across the Mediterranean on a ship,
wearing a strip of parchment around her neck