Cam (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} sculpin) wrote,@ 2003-12-01 20:36:00 |
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Doty / 3: "A display of editorial"
I was reading Mark Doty's poem about mackerel and it occurred to me that it would read surprisingly well if you read only every third line:
I did cheat a little with a comma.
I was reading Mark Doty's poem about mackerel and it occurred to me that it would read surprisingly well if you read only every third line:
A Display of Mackerel
Each a foot of luminosity
radiant sections
iridescent, watery
mirror of a soapbubble sphere,
and not a one in any way
of individuality. Instead
each a perfect fulfillment
after a lifetime arriving,
each as intricate.
Suppose we could iridesce,
of shimmer -- would you want
to be lost? They'd prefer,
they seem to be bolting
and nearly frozen,
as, all for all,
in which no verb is singular,
which is the point of gleaming.
I did cheat a little with a comma.
