jesse ([info]aslant) wrote in [info]fluidly,
2001-12-11 13:51:00

all there is

all there is

after saint gertrude's
the procession winds up
a narrow pall of a hill
where years seethe and sleep
and the grave-pit yawns.
we are gathered together.

nothing but pallid air
and hands sailing a casket
across swept autumn lawns.
our mouths
calmer than hymns.

the listing plinths
a crooked rank and file;
a sloping shoulder
down to the dusk valley,
a pause that blooms
as large as stone.
we stand here
and this is all there is.

mute shovel,
dumb row of earth.

a pleat of hands,
a crease of knees.

above, flocks wheel & return
alarmless
a great swim of sky
dimming swiftly
a canal filling
its arc of sallow blue
to the brim with dark.

breath pulls in slow like an oar.


*

[hello all. so glad to be joining you.]

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  • 4 comments

[info]souvenant

December 16 2001, 20:16:36 UTC 10 years ago

[this is astounding. i am awe-struck].

xo.

[info]verloren

December 19 2001, 16:16:20 UTC 10 years ago

your writing is so amazing that i followed you to this little community...does this count as stalking?

[info]aslant

December 20 2001, 01:10:41 UTC 10 years ago

give it time, give it time

thank you, im very flattered...

and no, i dont think youre stalking me (yet).

[info]verloren

December 20 2001, 02:03:25 UTC 10 years ago

Re: give it time, give it time

ooh...and the comment thread is so aptly named! *gryn*
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