Swift by David Baker

Author:David Baker
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2019-02-26T00:00:00+00:00

I’ve been content to work in peace

beside my life’s

surprising love, to keep

the cardinals throbbing in our close cattails

and frogs at home

in a splash of breathable water.

Each step stirs a slick

of spreading ooze

that follows

orbital in my wake, nebulae of oil

and algae stars. And look,

overhead the first real star

has answered back: There’s darkness

on the way. We drag another

sloppy mass up the bank

and see its dimming possibilities—

tadpoles and minnows,

shiny as coins, egg-

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