1.




Drainage rivulet’s
brown
and blue
chop
translucent —

the vows of coots
floating as tears
Friday Creek
rid of its
place
– ment






2.




The sun drying reeds
packed in
the ear
this light
rinsed thin:
It has been this
day already
all over
the world

under waxwings musing
How do they do
that aluminum moon?






3.




What held light
in Friday Creek’s
place
– ment

extensive

weather
– seized

to itself?






4.




And how do they do
living skin

within the final enclosure

set out back
this portable
screen

Friday
Creek
– ajar




      Vancouver, October 29, 2010