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زبان
In late winter
The white-tailed hornet lives in a balloon
A speck that would have been beneath my sight
An ant on the tablecloth
I've tried the new moon tilted in the air
The shattered water made a misty din.
"You know Orion always comes up sideways.
He thought he kept the universe alone;
There's a patch of old snow in a corner
The witch that came (the withered hag)
The house had gone to bring again