Vera, Lake

             Tomorrow has been cancelled.

             A swoop of woodsprites

             jabbers in the pine-tops

             above my little red cabin

             as the bath fills with hot water –

             silvery woods at dusk

             where all things meld

             into an indistinct soft repose,

             including me.

             For an hour that has no seams

             there will be no dreaded consequence

             no Maxwell’s Silver Hammer

             poised above my head,

             all sins forgiven

             all fears forgotten.

                                                  -1995