Mule Sonnet No. 9
what a handmirror does
to his reflection what sound
does to a swan what
stars do to the gravel what
pressure does to birth
-right what bill collectors
do to the quiet what his hand
by silken moonlight does
to my understanding of time
what therefore does to how
long ago what the field the grass
the wind the bird-riddled barn what
the crickets heard even over the motor
running could tell us about the temperature
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