We need to undo what's been recorded,to wipe out the evidence of error, the computationthat doesn't add up, the mind that's changed,the desired item discarded. “VOID!"she screams again, waiting for the manager to arrivelike God in his swirl of white apron to turn a keyand restore order with a nod to me,but he hasn't arrived,…

The ice cream truck jingle mingleswith insect clicks and the clacking code of birds.In the city, someone driven insaneby that tune has just assaulted the driver.But this is vacation and I'm practicingthe here and now: five dragon flies lollon the arc of a phone line, probably snoring,their double wings back lit to bronze transparency.Persistence of…

From a chair beneath the oak tree, you see minarets in the leaves' shadows,acorns like onion domes, a few drops of gold light splashing through like a revelation: summer is over. Farewellto motives transparentas glass and the blankness of mindyou mistook for enlightenment. Cardinals and blue jays at your feetare weaving a pattern fluidas a…