The source
I thought was Arctic
the good Platonic
Up the pole
was soaked film
an electric elevation
onto a fishy platform
and waves on two sides greenly welcoming
The sunwater poured on holy atheism
It was light that powered out
my ego or my heart
before ending with a letter
Fanny Howe, “The Source” from Gone. Copyright © 2003 by Fanny Howe. Reprinted by permission of University of California Press.
Source: Gone (University of California Press, 2003)
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