I have never seen such an
animal
except perhaps once,
but that is another story--
there it stood,
no lion
yet no dog
no deer yet deer
frozen nose
and eye, all eye gathering
all the
moonlight that hung in the
trees;
and everywhere the people
slept;
I saw bombers over Brazil,
cathedrals choked in silk,
the gray dice of Vegas,
a Van Gogh over the kitchen
sink.
home, I poured a drink
took off my gloves you god damned thing
why could you have not been a
woman
with all your beauty,
with all your beauty
I have not found her yet.