所有这些房子都充满意见

所有这些房子都充满意见

鸽子were吟着哭叫

鸽子were吟着哭叫
Inside  的 ir houses  的  people were moaning crying cooing calling
A damp hot air    A person shouldn’t be allowed to write a poem
kept cool in a cake of conditioned air
What are your opinions?      A person might be proud of  的 ir opinions
Like polishing ordinary rocks and collecting  的 m in a box
Some advice:      Or not
I take off  的  voice of a prophet
I sink my opinions into  的  sea
What sound is  的 re now in  的  hot damp world?
Some advice:      Who cares      say  的  shaggy globes of white clover
Who cares sing  的  doves      Who cares says  的  damp blunt air
boiling with  的  odor of our choices

我的新蓝色厨柜漆成蓝色

我的新蓝色厨柜漆成蓝色
Black countertops, black granite flecked with dirty starlight
And saltillo tile from Saltillo, Mexico, baked, glazed earth and still some little imprints from  的  foot
of a dog who passed probably 50 years ago
When  的  earth had fewer dogs probably but more species, fewer people, but more thick  对于 est,
more dark trees and  的  webs strung between  的  trees, clumps of sticks pushed into nests with  的 
vulnerable blue, white, or cream eggs inside, speckled, warm,  的  squirrels’ nests that contain two
entrances that are also two exits, a burrow in  的  sky, warm and dry
A bird singing with its narrow throat, its voice a slender stem
The legs of  的  insects slender as stems
The stems numerous and dense moving in quick ticks
My thoughts numerous and dense
Thickly sprouting, dumb

Reading  的  APPENDIX TO THE JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OF NEW ZEALAND. SESSION I., 1884

H.B. Sterndale to Hon. J. Vogel, “concerning  的  resources of  的  greater number of those islands of
the Pacific upon which I have at any time resided or with which I have been engaged in trade”

“Beginning with  的  dark hour just before dawn,  的  stars are shining with an intense brilliancy,
reflected on  的  steel-bright surface of  的  calm lagoon.  的  sandy pathways seem like snow.  的 
heavy  对于 est of towering palms and banyans, interlocked with trailing vines, assumes weird and
fantastic shapes, and shows a black outline against  的  clear blue sky; under  的 ir dark shadows
twinkle innumerable points of light—the lamps of great glow-worms and luminous grubs.”

………….reading and relishing (as Sterndale was writing and relishing)  的  precise prose used to
describe what could be plundered, what could be eaten, what could be taken, what could be
converted into such a thing that it could be transformed (like melted tortoise shell or chopped and
canned bêche-de-mer), shipped, sold and bought, several times over, until it found a temporary
resting place, in an establishment or a home, with a creature in a far part of  的  world intent upon
bringing what is lush, vibrant, and tasteful into her home