By Rae Armantrout, from End Quote, a poetry collection that will be published by Wesleyan University Press in 2020.
1
The way we gather
at the window, pointing
with funereal awe
to this thing
that isn’t one of us –
a doe
nibbling the lawn.
2
Reflections
staggered by ripples
at the feet
of quaint buildings
in paintings
on hotel chain walls.
