“So the first dignity, it turns out, is to get the spelling right. ” Robert Hass
walk south west becoming-man
walk north east colombian teen
stretched overhead not yet static
from under a baby blue polo
a slingshot no the sky what
is he looking for the divine
not yet hands scrape static
from under a baby blue sky
what is he a colombian teen
stretched thin brown hands
scrape under a slingshot
no the sky the looking rod
not yet young flanking through
his brown handsome powerful
pelt peeks out from under a baby
a slingshot no what is he looking
at a scrape of static in the sky
the beast on terrace place becoming-man
walks north east the colombian stretches
thin arms overhead handsome young
powerful a slingshot through his brow
Source:
- Hass, Robert. “August Notebook: A Death.” Paris Review. 2009. Web. 2 Aug. 2016.