Partial eclipse this afternoon,
\nfog too thick to notice,
\nfurther proof it\u2019s all one stuff,
\nmist, shadows, the moon.<\/p>\n
I cannot say to what ends
\nall day this thought has preyed:
\nthe death of my friends\u2019 fathers,
\nthose, unknown, of Father\u2019s friends.<\/p>\n
Things I once thought don\u2019t
\nmake a whit of difference
\nanymore, a jot of sense.
\nNot by wit I live, but wont.<\/p>\n
Now night has come so close
\nalone in bed at last
\nthe only sound, my breath apart:
\nfoghorns, remote, morose.<\/p>\n
*<\/p>\n
From my depressive baroque period in Berkeley, which I have been able to date astronomically to 30 May, 1982, at which seasonal point marine layer fog can cover the skies an entire day. See also http:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/?page_id=2309<\/a>]<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Partial eclipse this afternoon, fog too thick to notice, further proof it\u2019s all one stuff, mist, shadows, the moon. I cannot say to what ends all day this thought has preyed: the death of my friends\u2019 fathers, those, unknown, of Father\u2019s friends. Things I once thought don\u2019t make a whit of difference anymore, a jot … <\/p>\n