5 FOR MP

for Marjorie Perloff at 70

Maybe

approaching—

ridges,

journeys—

overtakes

rips

in

eternity.

Please

encase

rough

loaves

on

festive

flames.

Myriad

acrobatic

rusts

jar

overlays,

rile

intermittent

envelopes.

Play

everything,

rush

lunges,

occasion

forging

formulation.

Myrrh

and

roses

jar

ovation,

running

into

elemental.

Pack

enough

ropes

lest

overflow

faults

fate.

My

answer

revolves—

jerkily!—

on

radiant

interior

expression.

Polka-dot

encaustic

ripples,

lilts

of

foraging

figments.

Maybe

anyway

radiant

jumble

or

really

incomparable

evanescence.

Particular

encounters

revealing

lingering

oases,

festooned

flutes.