John Ashbery: “The Skaters”

	A possibility
	Of some more politic movement.
	That freedom, courage
	And pleasant company could exist.
	That has always been
	Behind you. You have never wanted

	The equation your heart was set on.
	So back into the night
	Of stamps. I'll take that one
	in pale blue, the eyebrows of paler blue inked in with all
	Of Sun yat Sen--it will just fit                the passion of
	Into the album. Meanwhile, a tragedy             which the
	Is unfolding on the upper story.                  yellow
	race
	To you, an earlier litigation                    is
	Wind hard in the tops                            capable
of trees	I think there is a funny sandbar

Beyond the old boardwalk

Your intrigue makes you understand.