• Happy this time until then
    she said, sun-squint leaning still, the shining stream
    --in mind's eye the overarching theme revealed
    a catapult and diverse thrills.

    How to simplify...
    feed ducks with bread?

    He listened
    once more softly,
    turning in his mind
    the coward flesh--
    then casting out a small hook
    made of clay
    asked, simply happy
    this time until when?