Friday, March 4
from DOWN FROM THE HOUSES OF MAGIC 10 Let this earth become a heaven: From this point of light within the mind of God, The Earth hurling its roughhouse wills and lusters, The earth accruing poison — Planet of joy, planet of crucifixion, Piñata designed to be smashed — Ashes, ashes, All the mirrors of heaven blackening, imagine: No lack, no lack, but in our human minds — Let the clematis become a prayer As clouds and canon-flowers ready Sweet unguents of pollen and rain, As God bellows, and a wild cavalry of wind sweeps Down from the houses of magic Down from the houses of magic Down from the houses of magic (Cyrus Cassells)