are such an orderly race

My theory that the people on both sides
of the mountain range were Brabers is a-

In the films when the couples kiss
they grind their lips together as

Rilke writes of the expectation
that a beloved is about to ap-

Remembering Nabokov

 A dark damp night and a sudden hatch
of moths has covered the glass of the

The ritual of the poem in praise of you
demands the vision of a goddess   an ap-

He is a delicate flower indeed
talk of the princess and the pea

Sometimes when I am working
In the forest clearing brush from

They call me Jack Jigger because
I'm entirely made of little pieces
Taken from other people (some are

She is lovely, Victorian, her auburn hair, upswept,
held by tortoise-shell pins and silver combs;