“Thus drivers inching southward will see the phalanx of birds heading west as one spontaneous gesture.”

“Proscenium of nearly identical mountain ridges, arched out and downward, one 'after' another, to the valley floor: curtains tied back, a gesture”

“this route is only one of several imaginary paths.”

“The ghosts swarm. They speak as one person. Each has left something undone.”

“When I dreamed about flying,it was as a skillI needed to regain. ”

“As a child, I was abandonedin a storymade of trees.Here’s the smallgaspof this clearingcome “upon” “again”

“Ends Meet1Could betime is practice,balance,the actionexecuted in the mindbefore and after.Where does mind end?2We mark a breakwith what has come before,come through the door,down the hatch.Not a clean breakexactly.3Our life was rehearsal,Mother almost saidso that we believedwe would escort herto the futurewhere she could be happy.”