The Billows of August

11:50 a.m. August 3

From the Sustaining Air
   (By Larry Eigner)

 from the sustaining air

fresh air

There is the clarity of a shore
and shadow,   mostly,   brilliance

summer
         the billows of August

When, wandering, I look from my page

I say nothing 

         when asked

I am, finally, an incompetent, after all

8:30 p.m. August 15