patch-work

By Stephen Hemenway



If one                            carefully
had no                       rusty pipes and
limits
one would
be the                            knows from how
uni-
verse just                   night
as un-
settled
and dif-                            patience
fuse                            imperfections

                           where from
                           fully or fitfully

                                spoken

                                the pavement
                                       opening to leg cramps