At the foot of a garden, in earshot of river water,
\nIn a corner walled off like the baths or bake-house
\nOf an unroofed abbey or broken-floored Roman villa,
\nThey have planted their birch grove. Planted it recently only
\nBut already each morning it puts forth in the sun
\nLike their own long grown-up selves, the white of the bark
\nAs suffused and cool as the white of the satin nightdress
\nShe bends and straightens up in, pouring tea,
\nSitting across from where he dandles a sandal
\nOn his big time-keeping foot, as bare as an abbot’s.
\nRed brick and slate, plum tree and apple retain
\nTheir credibility, a CD of Bach is making the rounds
\nOf the common or garden air. Above them a jet trail
\nTapers and waves like a willow wand or a taper.
\n“If art teaches us anything,” he says, trumping life
\nWith a quote, “it’s that the human condition is private.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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