Poem Composed for the Left Hand

Dear bedfast abbess     raw     bereaved

      after gewgaws after brass greed

crabs dart     barefaced swagger

      fevers ebb     dreads abracadabra

cragged cedar greets a seaward breeze

      stave regret       a beast avatar recedes

sacred egret wades stargazes west

      be scattered seed     be vast     be zest


we waver we wax we crevasse

      at sea edges   tatted sedges   waves effervesce

be scarab     be aster     caw     Dearest be awe