SNAILS

I WRITE
SILENT TEARS
TONIGHT
BECAUSE I DIDN'T
WATCH YOUR SNAILS WITH YOU

AND YOU WERE SO EXCITED
AS TWO NEW FRIENDS
MADE SLOW CRAWLS
OVER DAMP ROCKS
AND CAT'S EYE MARBLES

I SAID THAT I WAS TIRED
FROM PLANTING CORN

FOR THIS
AND OTHER LOST MOMENTS
SILENT TEARS

(FOR LEILA
APR/23/1981)