Fish dragging banners behind them,

Expeditions to higher elevations,

Herd of white deer, half a red pear,

Throat of fingerdeep black fur,

Octagonal amber ashtray with a

Handful of bullets in it, sweeping

Up wooddust, sweeping up and down

Not against the grain, pitchers of

Icecold water, pitchers of gravel &

Sand, spine flickers, throat catchers,

Breaking string of black pearls,

Eyes in search of eyelids, handprint 

On thin air, footprints on thresholds,

Look out for falling cooks, make way

For Miss Thornbird, leaf loose on

Windowledge, black cat with white eye-

Mask, anyone with knowledge of, awestuck

Matchstick, scarlet blouse loose on

Fire escape, fish explaining to a hat

What it will do with the rest of its life.

Hat close, getting there.