Largo
Now the rain
Now the seams put in evening
Now the tree       seeming shakes out    
of felt      unfolds cleanly
If in falling rain names what it touches
If beneath the tree      a dry radius describes
form      steps forward       wearing its suit        of summer’s dust
A quietus
My ear on your chest         where rest hems breath with thread
until      being is everywhere       an edge        a cloth’s
periphery pinned with rocks & we under
look up      dry out the light       turn
sleep to costume        Now the sleeves
Now clean buttons to shut our eyes
Now our each seam gleams
Credit
              From Companion Grasses (Omnidawn, 2013) by Brian Teare. Copyright © 2013 by Brian Teare. Used with permission of the author.
Date Published
              05/05/2015
           
      