Jean Donnelly, p.1



from LEGEND
(AN ALPHABET FOR ALEX)

little flags marking dreams come off the map
                    --Arkadii Dragomoschenko

behind every object there is a corridor of song
an Alexandrine line.
                    --"American Verbs"



Aa
the little king says
a flag a flag a flag

the little king says
the prey of a civic map

the little king says
round me a belly
the oaths of my jury
the sum of each hoof

the rooms I leap from
to kiss you

my armor my
shadow