An ode to my daily environment and the presences of two beings – one newly arrived, the other recently departed.
It stayed
Where I saw it
Then it moved a fraction
To the left and then twice that
Distance again further and further
It
disappeared
Then just faintly
A corner of it just a fraction
Was visible if you peered
Very very closely
And just as
quietly
it
was
gone
(Michael Snow, 1957)