“To build light”
—Ezra Pound, Canto XCVI
. . . into the
finite nature
of definition
draw a line
your line
on a page
a boundary
then use that to lift
a larger space into place
around yet another
bit of light
peering through a slat in the wall
where dust motes dance unencumbered
by your word
(November 19, 2013)
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