Or should I just plead
like the blues singer
hit me in the eye
maybe then maybe then
I'll see better
because when I search the crevices of my voice
I do not want to say anything unreal
as the ancients say
when the clouds clear
we shall know the color of the sky.


When the Clouds Clear (1990). Title poem


Or should I just plead like the blues singer hit me in the eye maybe then maybe then I'll see better because when I search the crevices of my voice I ...

Or should I just plead like the blues singer hit me in the eye maybe then maybe then I'll see better because when I search the crevices of my voice I ...

Or should I just plead like the blues singer hit me in the eye maybe then maybe then I'll see better because when I search the crevices of my voice I ...

Or should I just plead like the blues singer hit me in the eye maybe then maybe then I'll see better because when I search the crevices of my voice I ...