Frayed tarmac in 4pm February sun and
furtive moss clusters be gone
neon tube hiss
shrugged off antennae
Now all the oddbod crocus fingers creak
a yellow stepladder floats from his big arm
So bird lime at the edges of the wired glass
history cakes
and blisters and
half hid
and blisters and
half hid
stains on the waterbed too
No magic vestiges
even in felt tip flowers and leaves
Quiet is an hour or so hung up for afters
before hometime hands say