Women help to create the kind of men they despise

Misery is often apparent of some affecting touches

That were composed under her name 

Or, the dignity of criticism

Increases the confusion in men


Her heart clenched, sexual

More breathlessly than if she had 

And felt she was equipped 

To understand them

The passage of time

Increases the confusion in men

I've seen it


She loved the spare texture 

Of his difficult, and sad books,

And felt she was exceptionally 

Equipped with Stanley Wilson's 

Distractions


Rug that opened as a well of color at her feet


Was everywhere, 

And the lamps 

In the middle of the day:

The low, 

Deeply recessed 

Casement windows were running with rain

And wet leaves