The Draft

&;quot;In the midst of the Iraq conflict, it falls to
all of us

to be honest. To hold one clear
view

is inhuman, even
monstrous.&;quot;

                
Mary Read, April 2003

.

Just like
the Rocket

crabwalks all around the
table,

his cue poised, unlevel,

to
crack the codebox of a tricky
pot

.

you operate according to your
Eyeore-Holderlin
theory,

ravening:

One must move
like the moon, like the stethoscope moon

over the
moors of the heart

One must
bustle

One must travel

One must
come and go

.

but just as the
Rocket

must begin again, every
frame,

sipping his water,

so your
efforts seem as the drawing from one
well,

.

Arnika,
Augentrost

from Emily's landscaped
body

.

the Ginkgo tree
⁽¹⁾ in botanical gardens

from
Belinda in August's Playboy, her boobs

not quite
behind the twirl of a kasa
⁽²⁾

.

_{1.
Japanese umbrella pine}

_{2.
Japanese umbrella}