It Is Difficult To Live With This
after Brenda Shaughnessy
This braless this backless this little black
dress this
lace this cotton this mess this gold this hoop unhooked
this
gone forever this heavy river this rain-soaked land this
mouth
that bites this blameless hand this aimless
vessel this
tameless wrath this mathless love this now this woman this
man this tomorrow this borrow this no return this never learns this
lapwing this lark this begging sparrow this narrow strand this
singing dark this news this arc this imagined black this artless unloosed