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

 
    
                