Quick, before you die,

describe

 

the exact shade

of this hotel carpet.

 

What is the meaning

of the irregular, yellow

 

spheres, some

hollow,

 

gathered in patches

on this bedspread?

 

If you love me,

worship

 

the objects

I have caused

 

to represent me

in my absence.

 

 

*

 

Over and over

tiers

 

of houses spill

pleasantly

 

down that hillside.

It

 

might be possible

to count occurrences.