Of animal, too,
but understood
independently
of cry
growl
purr
not a fish
nor a fowl
and no good as fur.
Of mineral, besides,
but disinclined
organically
to heat
break
pour
not iso-
nor meta-morphic
and no worth as ore.
THE CHANGING WIND
Now there are great numbers of people
coming and going with the wind,
and the wind seems changed;
its voice is never still
and its eyes are strange.
Once, we remember, it was possible
for the wind to move on two feet
and formulate a philosophy
of life and death by reason
of environment.
Then the wind that blew around us
was a familiar one;
we knew which side of the house was open
and what grew from our hand
each season of the year.
When it was far, we could gaze
beyond mountains, across seas,
over days and miles of distances
to twisted deserts and vast plains,
bridging there with here.