Statue of a Human Head. . .

Made of Missing Shoes and
Coffee Cups or Dog Bowls

a dog lifts its leg
to the train

as it goes
whistling by

its owner.
how many times

sheltered
rhythms

one’s own heart beat
catches on

the sleeve
of a cabman driving

with a drunken fare
to Vegas marriage.

I bore him
for a moment

and it took all
my strength.

1/17/06