10.06.2021

we are, what, 98% secret, And the rest, mostly invisible

Out from the conflagration you walked untouched to greet us 
With lightning and sulfuric acid from face falling. Shocking. 
I took your picture. You took my right hand off of my arm, 
Alarming. There is a road in Wyoming and another road somewhere 
In Heaven or so it has been recorded. You always used to say you 
Wanted to live in a brick house because I assume the pig who built 
A brick house turns out to be your favorite. When I look out toward 
The billboards on which your strongest feelings are recorded I’m 
Impressed with how little I’ve noticed. We are, what, 98% secret, 
And the rest, mostly invisible. I missed you. By which I mean 
I didn’t get you, you whizzed right by me, you far-flung master of 
Whispering bumblebees. I want a submersible in order to find 
A few of your tentacles. Bioluminescence is all I have to give you. 
See how snow ultimately holds twilight ever so sweetly, you big bully. 
 
[Dara Wier {1949- } 'Sweetest Words for a Noble Man', from You Good Thing]

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