c.d. wright & mark cox
heraldic, subjective.
(grammar’s
etymological daughter).
cock-kingdom-come-crow.
matter got up in
a costume of itself.
any wounding, slap
in the face, lightning bolt,
gains character
from what it touches
in the world:
a young housewife
in a negligee tucking in
stray ends of hair.
the sparrow of childhood.
half-stripped trees Christ
they haven’t any sense to
stay out of the rain.
