For Helen

Once
while
a pencilinghushofamoon
bent buttery beams
by the gleamofawatch,
darkness entire
slid serpentine sails
through linenglass sills
on lavenderrose,
softstippled rains
soaked curtainsofvoices
to hugtugging stays
that bit through the heart
of the proofofapress,
tautstasisstretchedpullpolished prie-dieu epitomes
mantled in moments
of
alllovecanbe