this
too white place . this space
tended . where, adrift
again, I want not
to be . to be
blind or
deaf . wanting
silence . then would I see &
hear ? then would my hand
move ? as my mind would
move then I would speak ?
as if
of things all of
the mind's idea .
things forerun by .
the mind.
the idea . the thing .
once
october's dew
jewelled harvested boughs of
cherry orchards
spread along foot-
hills goldening .
descant of
light . this
light . shadowless
within . every angle
seen . seeing . luminous
things . shadowless this
light . devouring . & words ,
unrememberable , spoken . too
shadowless . within light
this
light .
the mind
forerunning ; each thing
a symbol
of itself : an idea . between
my hand (homeopathic , branched
upon whiteness) &
my mind .
this field of voice ,
of witness . I drift again .
like treats
like ; without
chemical presence ; the photo metrics of
rubies , of
M44 , of mountain misery , of
each cell , balanced of im-
balanced ; an essence
of light of each thing :
diluted
within
the medium of water .
frequencies held .
a conduit . an idea .
the mind forerunning .
still this
roof-low flight
of
october's moon settling into .
this
sky lightening , dew enhancing
grains of rough-sawn cedar slatted fence .
the arrogant crow of the cock .
isolated . distant .
a quart bottle of distilled
water suspended
directly before the telescope's eye-
piece focused & tracking
the arc of the star . the water holding the
star's essence .
& now
hands braced upon this
window-
sill I watch snow-
fall collect on brances on
fence-line post-tops on
the whiteness of itself---