Look Over Me
for Merle Haggard
I’ve got a mind to see the internal world
as those felt and faithful places
ready for the restless form towards grace
the acceptance
of the inaudible male tames the cede from stakes
assumes the cause is free
since it turns to closeness and is overcome
in the broad outshine of the small town
together as it is
as together they dance and promise
to task the boundaries
as together they sing me back home
—Jordan Stempleman
Posted by dwaber at April 8, 2007 01:49 PM