Jean Day
from The Literal World

 

 
"Conceived as a shadow I cured myself"
 
 

 

Conceived as a shadow I cured myself
of immortality
by knowing with my tongue
an animal's mouth
And having touched the mown moisture of spring
the knees too have sanctity
in the discontinuous
cartoon
of the seat (psyche)
the seed of the head
in its daydream
voluntary