Ground

light rain

or the heater fan

rustle of

blanket in the dark

hiss of

teakettle

drops slide down

every pane

daylong drum of

rain

outside

docks grow green

kingfisher pans

from a furled umbrella

a hunkered egret

is snow

banked on a stone

pelicans

swan dive

make high jump

mullet fly

Redstart [excerpt]

by Forrest Gander

Phased and tilted,

    a philanthropy

of tunnels and saliva, soil

    particle gripping

soil particle: heed the following,

    heed the high climbing, a building

wingspan from mucilaginous

    bodies, legs “just special

effects”: how affected

    and pernicious all scriptures

and hymns.