February: Year-day 40

     
                                       
                                        
February: Year-day 40

Whim is the master of youth; order, age.
Both of which are present in works of art.
One, of the intuitions of the sage;
the other, of the leapings of the heart.

The coroner's report let no one doubt
the creature we had captured truly died,
but as we smile it streaks again about,
mystifying the kettled countryside.

So, yes, my camera catches charmed views
of mermaid wheat swimming golden, of guards
changing at Arlington beneath the dome
of South Bend's Notre Dame, of the white hues
of Niagara through Schroeder Hall; of yards,
especially the one/ surrounding home.

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