September Requiem: In Which Sköll Swallows the Sun
Christina’s Field
Composed in the Form of Falling
Enchantment
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Used Doors and Windows For Sale
David Wagoner
Here in this vacant lot
the dislocated doors
and windows have no houses
or even walls to hold them,
no thresholds or lintels
to turn away from, nothing
to close for or reopen
as they lean against each other,
no longer measuring
or defining the difference
between inside and outside,
but simply being themselves
as they were in the beginning,
reflecting the glancing blows
of sunlight, undersides
of leaves, the superior
appearances of clouds,
the indifference of the sky.
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the dislocated doors
and windows have no houses
or even walls to hold them,
no thresholds or lintels
to turn away from, nothing
to close for or reopen
as they lean against each other,
no longer measuring
or defining the difference
between inside and outside,
but simply being themselves
as they were in the beginning,
reflecting the glancing blows
of sunlight, undersides
of leaves, the superior
appearances of clouds,
the indifference of the sky.