C.D. Wright - Lake Echo, Dear

Is the woman in the pool of light

really reading or just staring

at what is written

 

Is the man walking in the soft rain

naked or is it the rain

that makes his shirt transparent

 

The boy in the iron cot

is he asleep or still

fingering the springs underneath

 

Did you honestly believe

three lives could be complete

 

The bottle of green liquid

on the sill is it real

 

The bottle on the peeling sill

is it filled with green

 

Or is the liquid an illusion

of fullness

 

How summer’s children turn...