TheIagaryIceberg
We’dratherhavetheicebergthantheship,
althoughitanttheendoftravel.
Althoughitstoodstock-stilllikecloudyrock
andalltheseawereovgarble..
We’dratherhavetheicebergthantheship;
we’dratherownthisbreathgpofsnow
thoughtheship’ssailswereiduponthesea
asthesnowliesundissolvedupoer.
Osolen,floatgfield,
areyouawareanicebergtakesrepose
withyou,awakesaypastureonyoursnows?
Thisisaseasailivehiseyesfor.
Theship’sigheicebergrises
andsksaga;itsgssypnacles
rrectelliptithesky.
Thisisasewherehewhotreadstheboards
isartlesslyrhetorical.Thecurta
islightenoughtoriseoropes
thatairyistsofsnowprovide.
Thewitsofthesewhitepeaks
sparwiththesun.Itsweighttheicebergdares
uponashiftgstageandstandsandstares.
Thisicebergcutsitsfacetsfrowith.
Likejewelryfroagrave
itsavesitselfperpetuallyandadorns
onlyitself,perhapsthesnows
whichsosurpriselygonthesea.
Good-bye,wesay,good-bye,theshipsteersoff
wherewavesgivetooher’swaves
andcloudsrunawarrsky.
Icebergsbehoovethesoul
(bothbegself-adefrolevisible)
toseetheso:fleshed,fair,erecteddivisible.