Bill Knott Sun Poems
- 1. (desire)threadbare(desires)
-to S.
The light lay in shreds across the bed,
only your waking could make it whole;
... - 2. Feeding The Sun
One day we notice that the sun
needs feeding. Immediately
a crash program begins: we fill rockets
with wheat, smoke-rings, razorblades, then,
... - 3. To Ripley (alien 1-4)
Always your face like a space
(Destination: beautiful) ship
Empties its mote of closeup trace
Down screens that blink blank blip
... - 4. Dearth Demise
Satiety help me I have inhabit
of this world. Extant upon its designs
to be more aimlessly fluttering at
the window, to shadow all the patterns
... - 5. Lifeguard Clinging To A Steeple
Why are all the survivors of the needle's eye
nude, as if their lifethread had disrobed
rather than sewn them. Sans coat-fare,
we proceed it seems only to precede;
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