Deep Gossip
I
Concerto grosso, blackest heart,
A mystifying natal chart--
All ignite the metaphoric art.
II
A planetful of pure desire
Is all a poet should require
To set the commonplace afire.
III
The heart that hides inside the form
Observes the words that fume and swarm:
No one lives above the storm.
—Sidney Wade
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previously published by Gettysburg Review and
forthcoming in the book, Stroke, from Persea Books