He wrote some lines, trying to remember the whole paragraph, but
failing, lines from Hermann Hesse's 'Demian'-..."because of my evil and
misfortune I stood higher than my father and the pious, the righteous..."

I almost wrote "eveil" and crossed it out-as if evil
veils something that is not evil as we understand it-a gift-live-
evil-veil-

-Denis Johnson
Already Dead

evaporation

the painted gated is padlocked
but the pasture beyond it
is swollen with abbreviated conversation
that no defining line can defend

a descending and wayward storm is torn in half
smothering the voices before you can
reach into eternity
to identify the source of these native pleas

if only you were listening
rippling the weary stillness
with concave silver
just before i came
into this translucent yearning
with heavy colors
and forgetful rain