art
is not
the finger casket; hut
not FINGERHUT
figtree
a nut fell or un
felt is covered with felt
art as the encyclopedia that ripens the month to a sum-
mer
at july unaware of the month
a thumb makes halt at the yellow traffic light; blinking suggests
color; automotive motif – not framed,
a stroller screams or the insides of the lining;
a bundle with a face
sucking intimacy / mother & breast
on that park bench in olive butter tone
[last year around this time there was
fern growing wild where the WOMAN now nursing stares at earth].