Robert Diebold
Honey

I found a tang of small clover
honey which fell from God's dark plumage
and I find I need to examine this
golden ochre jewel
for debris and pollen and other
minute fragments of God's beard
or bee's legs
This may be my nature
today's nature
This will be my source
This may erupt into my void
and occupy me with an abundance
with a stocky fullness
and a bouquet of watering dance music
I have noted a similar effect
from sea spray
and occasionaly the moon's rays
This is not your tobacco
sweetened with molasses
nor is this sweetness excreted
by aphides or ants
Fluid yellow simple and handsome
Thick and sticky and handsome
upon my thin wrist
and chin

 

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Copyright © 2000 Diebold
Previously published in
Sonoma Mandala by
Sonoma State University (Spring 1996)
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