Hoop

1

God twirledacross the face ofwhat cannot be namedsince it was not moving.

God was momentum then,that impatiencewith interruption,

stamping time’s blankswith its own image.

2

Now her theme will bethat she has escapedcertain destruction,

that she isimpossibly lucky.

This theme should be jauntybut slightly discordant,

coming in, as it does,so late.

The characterassociated with this themeshould be dressedin markedly old-fashioned clothing –

a hoop skirt perhaps –

while everyone elseis in cut-offs,

ready for the barbeque.

(From Versed, Wesleyan University Press, 2009, p. 110).