Pleasures by Denise Levertov
I like to find what's not found at once, but lies
within something of another nature, in repose, distinct. Gull feathers of glass, hidden
in white pulp: the bones of squid which I pull out and lay blade by blade on the draining board--
tapered as if for swiftness, to pierce the heart, but fragile, substance belying design. Or a fruit, mamey,
cased in rough brown peel, the flesh rose-amber, and the seed: the seed a stone of wood, carved and
polished, walnut-colored, formed like a brazilnut, but large, large enough to fill the hungry palm of a hand.
I like the juicy stem of grass that grows within the coarser leaf folded round, and the butteryellow glow
in the narrow flute from which the morning-glory opens blue and cool on a hot morning.
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