4:25 a.m.     63rd street, Oakland

pacing

the immediate
     rendezvous
the intermediate
     bestiary
as if to attempt
a wondrous event

peaches in slices
mistakes and devices
turn to the left

or the west or the dream.

terrific still past due

the shadow made of

     light and circumstance

after the fact

after the face

after the term

a pattern through the door