Robert Creeley

The Window

Position is where you
put it, where it is,
did you, for example, that

large tank there, silvered,
with the white church along-

all that, to what
purpose? How
heavy the slow

world is with
everything put
in place. Some

man walks by, a
car beside him on
the dropped

road, a leaf of
yellow color is
going to

fall. It
all drops into
place. My

face is heavy
with the sight. I can
feel my eye breaking.