Plaudit

                                  or    she found herself mesmerized by the hand gestures of the mourners

I did not the ultimate concern of ever myself       but
I am the evidence  
considered      the classic theme  just set that right over here
under the fig tree    where I imagine the garden would be      & gather
up those precious thoughts   of indigo and stealth     the   thieves didn’t
think we were rich enough to mug     but see we did something!   some of this stuff is ours

Chrome & glass doors swing open
Jane         with the sun behind her
                            Snow stockings
last night I dreamed I was a Buddhist
You were always coming and going    and going   and going

until
          you just left    over       and over         and over
until finally you were just leftovers    leftover  from that
big dinner    party    we invited so many people to
I couldn’t find you to ask where   did you put  the cold beers         I
COULDN’T FIND YOU AT ALL   WERE YOU THERE ANYWHERE
or had you left already  driving down the coast with your first girlfriend’s daughter

a portable pinup   spray painted on the process 
                             sparkling like coins         or

              the condition of  a crowd adjourning the opera

                                          Ave Maria         Ave maria        ave Maria