Scott Creek, a Day in July

all moon, lichen, fern, stone, coal
all noon day, joy, lulu, hello
all wood, dead, live, wet, dry, woes
all wove, waves, burs, bonds, bones
my eyes looned, ears longed, hands took
leaf left mark on the cap of one
heart sheds weight of the death of one
joint, white gum, pink gum shook off rain
fell blooms, wood nymphs, lean bees
I laughed, mad, vain, wild straw hairs
all gloom, dark, vile, wounds, gone
world goes bad, I let it be—