Peter Gizzi, p.5
IN DEFENSE OF NOTHING
I guess these trailers lined up in the lot off the highway will do
I guess that crooked eucalyptus tree also
I guess this highway will have to do and the cars
and the people in them on their way
The present is always coming up to us, surrounding us
It's hard to imagine atoms, hard to imagine
hydrogen & oxygen binding, it'll have to do
This sky with the macular clouds also
and that electric tower to the left, one line broken free
I guess these trailers lined up in the lot off the highway will do
I guess that crooked eucalyptus tree also
I guess this highway will have to do and the cars
and the people in them on their way
The present is always coming up to us, surrounding us
It's hard to imagine atoms, hard to imagine
hydrogen & oxygen binding, it'll have to do
This sky with the macular clouds also
and that electric tower to the left, one line broken free