Words II

By Richard Mather

Having material

weight,

a poem can be shaped,

sculptured

and refined;

erected as units,

structures,

factories, bridges, outhouses and T

O

W

E

R

S

Or

miraculously

sus-

pended

in

the air,

b u o y a n t

black

crafts

in the

milky

void.

Or

else

bolted

upright

at the base

of the world,

and supported

by its own true

and deep

foundations