<equi's "what we look forward to">
2003-03-07.2:43 p.m.


What We Look Forward To
Elaine Equi


To open like
so many eyes
in the body

big and odd
as the moon
or speech
rushing up
a mountain

after a long illness
I said there is
this book
you would enjoy
and must really
read though it
isn't very good

there are lots
of windows in it
held together
by no more
than a thought

just as you
are no more
than a thought

that I think
while looking out
of those windows

which open like
so many eyes
in the body

for to enter
into its ledger
forces a change
in perspective
not only a new way
of seeing but
also of being

all that you know
and are
no more than
a thought

but one that
I think
nearly all
of the time.



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