MARK DECARTERET
MISCUE
to be born twice
& then die only once
to be able to tell the real archipelagos
from the science fair model
to be fed up w/herons
so surly & drab in their youth
to be invalidated each night
especially where you see snow
to be unequipped for sometime
another spring w/only shorts & a crown
to be slumped over blueprints
the sun peeved by noon
to be motorized anything
as it sluices through scum
to be visited o so briefly
sacred heart of Jesus sumppumping your sins
to be the start of some plant
or a hose split
to be so fucking fetching
even pauses prove troublesome
to be fuzzy over rivulets
& summer's oft-dusting
to be blinded by double wides
& awoken to the sporting of nails