this now

after/for Michele Leggott

too much geography 	this
part bumps over     mine
again we collected 	again
in this angelic 	life dialogue
we collected      we were 
collected      by the blood
red glory flower 	    we named it 
something      we had a name
for it 	I have a name for 
it     this feeling     this 
rhythm of feeling     this
angelic     life     dialogue	     this
going through      the feeling      I 
call it now 	not 
now 	no      not that now but this
now	 too much geography
too much         space
when the child is not     here
too little time 	when he is      I
don’t notice the little moon	
beside the space of sky and think		
yes     oh no     oh yes     oh
this is it	     I am so 
thankful	     someone named it	
collected it     was collected by it
as I too am collected by      it	
this too much      geography
this is my house     she says
come in      she says     go to 
sleep	beside the moon     this
is ideal geography for listening     this
is ideal geography for     making     this
this is ideal geography	for this	
now and      now	     this

lynley edmeades