First light / Divertimento:

Morning

Breaks to Clingstone on the Dumpling, then—

The bitter seed which lies in wait

Within the grape's confection 

Kidnaps the sweetness.

Light
Navigates to wood and glass

And blood-red paints

The craggy
Core of the icy peach;

The grapefruit's acids

Go un-learned.

Then the harsh
Introduction of its stinging formula.

Now the morning sky drapes one

Salt-watered house; one

Woman sleeping.

Newport, Summer, 1977