QUALITY

by Mark L. Butler

Copyright © 1997 Mark L. Butler


This is quality: 
Twelve crude purple wisemen
Sun
Moon rain
Summer
Wind
And we walk and
Talk
Along the path
Icy shore
And
Foolish road
Luck
Love
Lust
River mud
And "a willing suspension of disbelief."

Over the lonesome
Heath
Crow cottage
Fog
Bones
Skyblast
And a hand
In the acre of desire
Where glow
Peace
Bondage iron
Eyes
Poison
Existence
Stability
Impulse.

The one old plain green mast
Raised high above
Lavender
Ragweed
Sand
The way an evening
Begins
Or is
Born
Of
Faith hope
The Daily
Or
Joy
Or ignorance
Power
Communication
And inert
Pleasure
Of
Limbs
Exact
Demanding
Sensation
Limit
Infinity
Absence.