Instructions

           
               Have the figures come here

                by the water.

No don’t say water say

flood, no say, the twilight

Of my bewilderment. Then

you can go on to the bird.

But no water here and here

take out the mother and only

one door. One door is enough

then you can have the boat come in

and everything will lead

down to the last day then have

the bird at the end and did you mean

God, what kind of God, With Saints?

Should they perhaps come up a bit

next to the Oleander tree then the boy

can go climb it and be there when the sister

comes home and then no blossoms

falling. Get some language from the Temple

page, you’ll find the words

you’ll need there in the service

and then you can end with the flash

of the human heart.

 

 Susan Bazett