The Concept of Immediacy
I fell asleep with an idea, but when I woke up, I’d lost it,as when, approaching the rabbit on the trail,it took off into the brush.I followed, clearing the warblers,fixing their gaze.Ruining something felt like a reason to proceed.Looking out at the view—dense swaths of pine, the bay, all three bridgeshalf-submerged—I waited for a sign to go back, the mind saying