Brief Instructions on How to Make the World New
Never regret anything that happens
in the Fall
when the weather turns
people turn
cold; leaves fall, walls
you fall
you want to drift riverwards
down Landon with the leaves, don’t
regret anything that happens
in the Fall
put on something heavy
weigh yourself down, sing
drive the season through
put the grace back
back in your graceless line
October 21, 1991