ISSUE: Summer 2002
- 1.
Finally, A Good Prescription
“You look at the world through rose-colored glasses”
These are the eyeglasses of rejoicing—
They are clear
It is the world that is rosy. - 2.
Pilgrim
Sore pilgrim-eyeball,
Shining tramp,
Begging like a small god in rags
From bored face to annoyed face,
from universe to universe - 3.
Vagrant Chalice
I walk a lot,
Often lost,
Bearing my poor sight
Like a disgraced ancient chalice
To where
It will serve. - 4.
Eye
The eye is always
In love. - 5.
May
Held high through a May night,
My eye lolls on perfume
Poring in hope from the stars. - 6.
Finding Faces
In agony, on all fours,
Alone and poor,
Weeping into its fibers,
I’m fascinated that my eye finds faces
In the sumptuously soiled rug.
