From the Sustaining Air
from the sustaining air
fresh air
There is the clarity of a shore
And shadow, mostly, brilliance
summer
the billows of August
When, wandering, I look from my page
I say nothing
when asked
I am, finally, an incompetent, after all
.
Larry Eigner, 1927-1996
“From the Sustaining Air” from Collected Poems of Larry Eigner
© 2010 by Larry Eigner
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