the minister met the poet underthe apple tree         the poet – who pointed her toes to windfalls – her head on the grass she lectured the beetles, backs of transientgreen   &n

sevenling (birds & bands)purple-banded pigeons fly over the bandthe trombonist weeps for his wife between slidesand suzy tries to catch a melting italian iceoutsizing the season, thorns of wild oaksdip both ankles in olive oilsfinding my toes at