Listened but couldn't hear br the subject hissing: looked up to br pages of stuttering rain (it tastes br br green), warmer while the song decays br such weather full of precedent br A body made of water br br dropped from a stratus br window mists over as it falls, br all hesitating sluice and flume br br * br br A water-worded book, muttering br foam of nouns, matte adjectives br and artifacts: torn pieces of br br the visible, divisible by threes br A lot absorbed in rubble and the day's br debris litters the nocturne br br where moon exercises absence's br discovery of outline, crevices br and missing parts of world br br * br br A private sea of trees, these inabilities br of yellow leaves all pigeon, br sparrow, wren or finch, plume down br br dirty sidewalk, broken glass br of reason's syllabics, babble of br wind-bent grass, brush stammering br br crushed bouquets of paper clouds br white night cross-hatched with stars br the rambling green rain unravelsbr br Reginald Shepherdbr br