Another Way of Looking at a Blackbird
after Wallace Stevens
Between the road
and the field
the Mobius ditch
the ditch opens and shuts
its wings -
things fall into it
the ditch is made
from molecules of
dirt air cloud shine
the eye of the ditch
is inward-
looking until
it reaches
the other side
singing is
in the little
things hiding
in the ditch
the shadow of the ditch
is inside the ditch
the ditch revolves
around it
the depth of the ditch
is not certain
the ditch flies
far and wide
far and wide
when the ditch collapses
things get d i t t e r y
itchy
chitinous
diff
e
rent
Higgs is in the ditch
only just
holding it together
compared to the field
the road looks black
and blacker
still the ditch
one night a woman was
walking home in the dark
taking care not to stumble
into the ditch
that lay between
herself and the field
though of course she stumbled
into it anyway
and found herself
calling out
even though she knew
no-one was
there to hear
the ditch has come
from outer space
this is why
.it’s so twisty