I

is not (or
is) a Dali's finger

the sway from finger on
to finger in fores from play to sight
poly-visuals, rearings'up, foldings
coreographies of carnal joy,
paradigms of of ego, elbow,
endings of new layers of veneer
finger will not last,
be lucky among the vanities, look !, the
batoning some feature of war-map
to join the wonteds of palm over heart

if ring be lost
finger hermits variously,
or runs through streets of mind
mobbing torch-oaths of vile, dis-
regard, or starves with anguish

ring lost weighs beyond planet-heft

on the lip
whisper and voice edit -
surprise, caution, shame
the moment is suspended, will of blue
or thorn bird resolve among the give
and take of give and take

perfection littles more
than servicable complicities
sorting from fetal promice
old dusts and tomorrow's weathers of feet

or fishing with a long stemmed-rose
right at finger's tip

II

knotted-sock
thrown across the room

charge of scruff-haired poodle

sock strums broadly,
foolishly between paws and teeth
subito of violent shaking

no fellow beast there (from
wilds of long ago) to be
broken of neck or back, insides be
rent from stations of breath

knotted-sock returns

dropped at human feet

nothing's the wiser,
better or worse

- play berg's tip