Notes Written on Snow
Menora of bone On the head of the deer Stepping gingerly Into winter’s arena. * Another November Trembles and falls But not before Thanks is given. * A boy walks Into the woods As if into a wall, The day in one hand, The night in the other, Like a farmer carrying A pail of grain, A pail of water. * A light was left On in the pines. The dead reach up And shut it off. * Lay the light down gentle As a sleeping child So it won't Wake and blind you. * Sing four words. Bleed the fifth.