A NOTE TO BILL

Dividing time
between a poem and the East
I &#fb01;nd a glint of you
discovering America
one morning
breaking and entering
and beating revelation at its game
the task is numerous and early
an old cathedral’s window at
the opening of your heart
that newly crowned me
independence, Bay Ridge avenue and
wrestling
have caught me unawares
and it is drinking season,
football season
stores closing early
and the season subsides
gives way to us
the worm in blood
as we go forth

Sylvia Gorelick