Wolf Page 5

“What is the furthest
you have ever jumped?”
... Didacticism, yes, we nodded, but a
     didacticism conscious
of its own
situatedness ...
Hush.
Tell it to the spirit of you-know-who,
cutting across the glacier in her flats and long
    white coat.
... as the glossy republic heaves on,
    semi-automatically,
bemused in its shimmering diet of light ...
If you are tired
you may put your head down
and rest quietly at your desk.






David Wolf lives in Des Moines, Iowa.