PETER GIZZI

REVIVAL (Uddrag #4)

Plays. Airs. Stars. To sing a song of industry,
having forgotten Monte Clift was beaten
for reading Ulysses. It’s dark in a theater,
hoping to say never return to the moment
of return, as a hollow ring from Apollo 13
sinks back to burn into the atmosphere
which made it, huh? How come all the best thoughts
are images? How come all the best images
are uncanny? What’s the use of The Compleat Angler
searching for effects at the bottom of a lake
next to a shoe slick with algae, at the base of a cliff
with pine needles and a rotting log?