essay on Gerry Gilbert's Moby Jane


"the dandelion & the daffodil yellow
the sea & the sky blue
the field and the tree green

the fly on the windshield
the tourist who's seen too much
that was fast

i've set just about everything down for now
feel the light

help
i can't stop writing

come to stay
of course there's space
we're poor

you girls take your room upstairs
i belong down here
near the dishes

the toilet takes doing the doing
takes a moment the moment
takes no time at all

we stare at the cat a lot "