Ninilchik


antartic subterranean gawking
the stars, gallant, and fit for a shooting:
i held the gun and fastened my harness
distant or close, i saw you coming.

slick-jawed, awoken, waking to the light
a hand or an ear, the sound of the fight:
you love it and you need it.
i saw it and made it come true.
i never did a thing of wouldn't and still couldn't do:
i saw that and had seen it ensue
and couldn't love, and couldn't bear
and couldn't kill.