so i took a little walk
along the perennials
and spied one slippery elm
which i sawed down
and peeled
and i have had narcissi
on the table for several days
and i washed up
some more amazing silk
ready for the next thing
and there they sit,
other things on my mind
they look so monochromatic
and i wrote in the journal
and found a treasure
flattened fauna
so small
so real,
so paperlike, leatherlike
skin
so they're all on the table where i sat for a while
between naps
as i'm in the heyday
of a spring cold