Tom Raworth   All Fours though it might have been chronic around his neck and shoulders filled with thick high weeds the road was lined with stone almost entranced she started ordering quantities of everything down the windows of your station combed and perfectly normal bees through blood and perhaps night air while we rode back followed him to the front porch and the chimney bricks were fallen she hasn't heard from him since filled in on the background large machines can dig them forced to take shelter in that house watching her move about the kitchen a uniformed policeman was standing out like magic on the glass we were living under siege again two more men came in carrying pages of an appointment book not very good lights things happening younger all clean and prosperous a grievance a legitimate grievance rumbled as the rain began heavily where the blades pushed it round doorways little brown children in your car and go somewhere dead or senseless at the wheel crouched there taking no part on the highway the sedan fishtailed mosquitoes had been real fierce with that wind coming off substandard materials and workmanship years of polishing have dulled professional sound of a woman singing damnation at an empty chair soft black soot coats the slate too splendidly suburban for adequate illegible smears of block printing held motion to a crawl skimming over book titles postured alluringly around the room the important dynamic was between peculiar and unique powers to collect on his insurance that portion of it reported lovely little thing with eyes as efficient as she had to be shambling on down the tissue range where embers had gone out looking at everything said suicide the area about her had the look you see in old chromos breathing not daring to smoke or cough practically an abandoned road several varieties of mushroom thrived standing motionless in the shade small common objects of assault blown cell with a dusty bulb an instant to blank shining glass blocking out the moon and stars vending machines on every floor