These Swiveled Meanings

It's June and summer's height
the longest bride of light
leaps from all the rivets
of the sky
Yet it's of earth
and nowhere else I have to speak
Only on earth has this light taken on
these swiveled meanings, only on this earth
where we are dying befouled, gritting our teeth
losing our guided stars
                                                        has this light
found an alphabet        a mouth

Adrienne Rich, “6/21”

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