LIGHT & SHADOW

Rest you by this various planet
or lounge in the sky lounge 
be my guest I'll take you there 
& introduce you around & show 
you the sky ropes & the
city maps and the world as 
flat as a map and the world 
as round as a lively face
with head & atmosphere 
and the sky as breath and the river 
as chant and the sun as aria 
aria for breathing and for loving 
aria for the dancing light & shadow 
light & shadow upon the dancing globe 
light & shadow on the child's arms
in a park under trees & towers, 
light on the fresh canvas, the painter
on the roof of West 21st Street 
under thoughtful shadow,
shadow on spoons in the metal drawer 
the zebra plant yearning for light 
light for the eyes of Beethoven, shadow 
inside the piano, mellow now violent 
shadow out of the piano, power in the 
light of the violin, sweet strings of light, 
shadow under my desk, big black boots in winter, 
light through friendly words
on shadowy telephone wires,
light in health & shadow in health, 
illuminate moon rocks! knowledge from shadow, 
light from darkest handwriting, print as light
and white paper, shadow