It is very stretchy. We know that, even if many details remain sketchy. It is complexly woven. That much too has pretty well been proven. We are loath to continue our lessons which consist of slaps as sharp and dispersed as bee stings from a smashed nest when any strand snaps- hurts working far past the locus of rupture, attacking threads far beyond anything we would have said connects. Copyright © 1999 by The Modern Poetry Association. This poem appears in the June 2000 issue of @3Poetry@1 Magazine. http://www.poetrymagazine.org | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WIZARD IN WORDS by MARIANNE MOORE FRAGMENT ON DEATH by FRANCOIS VILLON TO TIRZAH, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE THE BRAVE OLD OAK by HENRY FOTHERGILL CHORLEY WOMAN'S CONSTANCY by JOHN DONNE NIGHTFALL IN DORDRECHT by EUGENE FIELD AT CASTERBRIDGE FAIR: 4. THE MARKET-GIRL by THOMAS HARDY |