Women help to create the kind of men they despise

Misery is often apparent of some affecting touches

That were composed under her name

Or, the dignity of criticism

Increases the confusion in men

Her heart clenched, sexual

More breathlessly than if she had

And felt she was equipped

To understand them

The passage of time

Increases the confusion in men

I've seen it

She loved the spare texture

Of his difficult, and sad books,

And felt she was exceptionally

Equipped with Stanley Wilson's

Distractions

Rug that opened as a well of color at her feet

Was everywhere,

And the lamps

In the middle of the day:

The low,

Deeply recessed

Casement windows were running with rain

And wet leaves