after the fight
the evening is simple—
the dishes being washed,
the unfolding of sheets,
the laying down
*
what is not said:
well, I guess we are not
exactly sure what
that would be now,
are we
*
on the shelves
stacks of bowls, plates,
the glasses in rows—
so normal they look,
it could be any night
*
I don’t know
I don’t know I don’t
know I
don’t know I don’t—
geese in the pond
*
what do the geese
have to do with anything?
if you have to ask,
you have perhaps not lately
watched the geese
*
all along the path
pussy willows, white and white
and oh! so soft
I forget everything
save willows, willows