The Necessary Elephant

to break down or infinitely suggest
to dominate the word
my definition of space gets contracted

if you flew a kite in full suit & tie
ghost of some early transcendentalist
solitary in friendship very untranscendental when drinking

middle of a dictation
shuffle, three, four, thrown, down
on the floor you get to the actual

weather of recognition
rectitudes composed in the mind in almost cadences
a lot of erasure underneath

the man who lives in his heart in France
doesn't pass beyond the front door

(from a lecture by Susan Howe on Wallace Stevens)

This page hosted by
Get your own Free Home Page