FOR HART CRANE
magnifier
of the
one
who
guesses–
hail
enlist
bridge
never needed
over
sand –
collapse
punctuates
steel
or
creeks
frayed
on
another’s list –
howl
on cue
bare fangs
crave a numbness
dubbed
rue
or
strasse royal
smoke
standing man’s pipe
rejected
or reflected in
another’s
untimely will
—Lawrence Welsh