for Paul Vangelisti
A nimbus, then aureole
vast scent towers red delicate
though no one abandoned
in dry boards
blue dress at road window
brown and yellow ochre
taste of chimney cupola
falcon feather fence
A cry and a cry again
you lean against
regardless as stars come out
mastodon splinter
of badger tussock
this grace then that
doorway, lintel
mirror, jackanapes
closed canyon bleeds
kissed wilderness
recognition of skin
in chipped distance
closer, the magpie’s plaint
from woven creek
sunset by hand
by haggard neck
the sons of men bathe
their feet in cress
victorious darkness
chitters the aspen
garden in a wagonbox