bits of love conjured up in the electric night

I salute you, 

majestic sweat 

beneath the moon 

Crystalline shimmer 

spread forth 

along the isle, 

giants of structurality 

oppose to a pale 

jaundice lunar 

unrounded orb 

 

I drink to you river 

moving ebb 

into the lake 

of the universe 

 

I follow you orbits 

of hard life 

beneath which feeling 

shatters you 

        gracefully 

        into sleep 

 

I unhinge you 

are lights 

of this mortal century 

 

I exalt you 

bits of love 

conjured up 

in the electric night 

for the renunciation 

of solid death 

    for sale 

 

I salute you 

    humble sweat 

 

[Joseph Ceravolo {1934-1988} 'Builders (Large Moon Rise)', from Collected Poems]