A slight wrinkle on the pond as he said
all that's left of this life is what remains
for the next three redwings motionless now
atop cattails are match tips soon enough
to strike out this evening on one black flame
Poetry
Physics of the Breeze
David Baker
David Baker is the author of Swift: New and Selected Poems. He is Poetry Editor of The Kenyon Review.
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