Light & Shadow_Anne Waldman
Rest you by this various planet or lounge in the sky lounge be my guest I'll take you there & introduce you around & show you in the sky ropes & the city maps and the world as flats a map and the world as round as a lively face with head & atmosphere and the sky as breath and the river as chant and the sun as aria aria for breathing and for loving aria for the dancing light & shadow light & shadow upon the dancing globe light & shadow on the child's arms in a park under trees & towers, light on the fresh canvas, the painter on the roof of West 21st Street under thoughtful shadow, shadow on spoons in the metal drawer the zebra plant yearning for light light for the eyes of Beethoven, shadow inside the piano, mellow now violent shadow out of the piano, power in the light of violon, sweet strings of light, shadow under desk, big black boots in winter, light through friendly words on shadow telephone wires, light in health...