link

what's this corner

north by west

slab of asphalt

slab of playground

quick slip of green

metal of engine

stone of church

what’s this blood

what's this corner

my father’s corner

his friends

their girls

piston of blood-line

slab of asphalt

northwest corner
north by west

slip of green
slap of grey

pulse of my father's blood

his friends

their girls

machine of living 
neighborhood.

my young mother
her young laughter
her friends

her sisters

their cousins

boys at the roll of their narrow tees

tough pack of smokes,
bay breeze, river wind,—

paint of her mouth

a coal-fire red,
position of residence
sweep of her hair

sweep of the river,—

space of their earliness
northwest corner—
weatherly, weatherly,

helm's hard over

north by west.


 for Annie and Wig