The Blind Leading the Blind Take my hand. There are two of us in this cave. The sound you hear is water; you will hear it forever. ...You will learn … - Lisel Mueller

On Finding a Bird's Bones in the Woods
Even Einstein, gazing
at the slender ribs of the world,
...even he, unlearning
the bag and baggage of notion,
must have kept some shred
in which to clothe that shape,
as we, who cannot escape
...swaddle
this tiny world of bone
in all that we have known...

A Holy Madness
To say thou to the sun
and call the wind brother;
to be humble before a grain of sand
and speak familiarly to the sea;
to preach to the birds in earnest
...o holy love, sweet lunacy,
which of us, seeing a child
exhorting a deaf robin,
does not bless that child
for the paradise in his head?
Be praised, my Lord, for Francis,
brother to lilies...

Imaginary Paintings
6 How Would I Paint the Big Lie
<small>Smooth, and deceptively small
so that it can be swallowed
like something we take for a cold.
...sweet and glossy,
that pleases the tongue
and goes down easy,
never mind
the poison inside.</small>
7 How Would I Paint Nostalgia
<small>...A radiant bride in white
standing above a waterfall,
watching the water rush
away...</small>