[I reached an arm]
from Public AbstractI reached an arm
Across Louise
And doing so I made
A shape it gave
Me pause a wending
Shape an absent
Mind she said
Goes limb to limb
With the sublime
Our dialogue
Was saucerless
And glassy overgrown
With cultures
Like the sunless pool
Of water ponding
Underneath
Our garden chairs
A multiplying
Trawl of stillnesses
Wisdom-less
And gold with fish
She said and this
Is where I stayed
My listening
To scratch an itch
Of shame
A goldfish pond
Is mostly water
Little gold in it at all
Despite its name
Across Louise
And doing so I made
A shape it gave
Me pause a wending
Shape an absent
Mind she said
Goes limb to limb
With the sublime
Our dialogue
Was saucerless
And glassy overgrown
With cultures
Like the sunless pool
Of water ponding
Underneath
Our garden chairs
A multiplying
Trawl of stillnesses
Wisdom-less
And gold with fish
She said and this
Is where I stayed
My listening
To scratch an itch
Of shame
A goldfish pond
Is mostly water
Little gold in it at all
Despite its name
